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Hoppy New Year: As their name suggests, torrent frogs live near fast-moving streams and rapids. They sometimes eat other frogs, but it's not known if their teeth exist for that purpose.
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Hoppy New Year: As their name suggests, torrent frogs live near fast-moving streams and rapids. They sometimes eat other frogs, but it's not known if their teeth exist for that purpose.
Hoppy New Year: The Neotropical torrent frogs live near streams, and some prefer fast-moving water. Because of their noisy habitat, a few species use body language instead of vocalization to communicate.
Hong Kong Cascade Frog or Hong Kong Torrent Frog (Amolops hongkongensis), family Ranidae, Hong Kong
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Eggs are laid on rock faces in the splash zones of cascades
photographs by Artur Tomaszek
Chinese Sucker Frog aka Chinese Torrent Frog (Amolops ricketti), family Ranidae, China
photograph by Karolina Tomaszek
This sleek fellow is Odorrana chapaensis, also known as the Chapa torrent frog. As the name suggests, these frogs are adapted to living near streams and waterfalls in the mountainous areas of Vietnam. They typically hide during the day, emerging at night to feed and breed. Images by Mikhail F. Bagaturov.
Battle of the Sticky Frogs: Who Has the Better Grip?
Episode 54 - by Mary Bates (Click here to directly access the MP3)
(Access the full text transcript)
When tree frogs and torrent frogs faced off on a test of sticking ability, torrent frogs came out on top. These little amphibians maintained their grip on steep surfaces and in running water. What's the secret to their sticky success?
Listen to the Podcast to learn more!
Youtube video - Torrent frog defies gravity:
Further Reading:
Endlein T., Barnes, W. J. P., Samuel, D. S., Crawford, N. A., Biaw, A. B., and Grafe, U. (2013) Sticking under Wet Conditions: The Remarkable Attachment Abilities of the Torrent Frog, Staurois guttatus. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73810.
Mary Bates is a freelance science writer living in Boston. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from Brown University where she studied bat echolocation. You can visit her website at www.marybateswriter.com and follow her on Twitter at @mebwriter.
