Turtle Frogs - They Really Look Like Turtles


	Turtle Frogs - They Really Look Like Turtles
celestialdancer
10-30-2009 4:14 AM
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celestialdancer says:
No tadpole stage - tadpoles metamorphose within the egg and emerge as frogs.
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10-30-2009 10:53 AM
Kelika
Cool!
10-30-2009 5:29 PM
ofcapri
I played the sound and it don't croak like a frog does in the swamp. know what I mean with night sounds in the swamp?
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f7d58441-7908-4144-8d4c-21e8991f74c1/0CFF13ED-FDC3-4532-92E4-303D91A52F78/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Myobatrachus/gouldi/" href="http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Myobatrachus/gouldi/" style="font-size: 11px;">frogs.org.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Myobatrachus/gouldi/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/frogs.org.au/img/F97D67B4-ACE4-4915-9C01-844C79AE356B" alt="Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldi) Copyright Brad Maryan. 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Photograph by Gerry Marantelli." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Myobatrachus/gouldi/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/frogs.org.au/img/31A87EC7-8A33-4B32-8395-A90B4AEDD962" alt="Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldi) Copyright Julian Bentley. 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Photograph by Julian Bentley." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52" href="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52" style="font-size: 11px;">www.frogsaustralia.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.frogsaustralia.net.au/img/33FF99E3-2454-4CA3-A0C3-1B3C063BE3D8" alt="Myobatrachus gouldii - Hal Cogger" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Description:</STRONG> This frog has a very small head and very short arms and legs, small eyes and a round bulbous body. Its back can range in colour from dull grey to brown. The belly is smooth and dirty white with brown flecks. The skin on the back is smooth with fine granulations, which gives a shiny appearance.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Size:</STRONG> 45 mm</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Habitat:</STRONG> This frog lives beneath logs in sandy soils not usually near water. It comes to the surface after it rains.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Call:</STRONG> Single call "ba-a-a-r-k".Call available in <IMG width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/images/bullet_wm.gif" alt="Windows Media" class="icon-sound" /> <A href="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/calls/wma/myobatrachus_gouldii.wma" linkindex="25">Windows Media</A> or <IMG width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top" src="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/images/bullet_qt.gif" alt="Quicktime" class="icon-sound" /> <A href="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/calls/qt/myobatrachus_gouldii.mov" linkindex="26">Quicktime</A> audio. Recording Copyright © Dale Roberts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Breeding:</STRONG> Male and female pairs burrow in the sand, mate and lay their eggs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Eggs:</STRONG> Are the largest Australian frog eggs measuring between 5 mm - 7 mm in diameter. Females lay 15 - 20 eggs at one time, underground.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52"><P><STRONG>Tadpoles:</STRONG> Develop entirely within their eggs and emerge as frogs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=52">This frog can burrow head first into the sand with its arms. 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