I cant help with an ID but Im sure I heard the same
sounds years ago on Majorca. We thought they were
tree frogs. I am unable to access my recordings at
present to compare directly.
Tony Baylis.
>
> --- In Yannick
> Dauby
> <> wrote:
> > hello all !
> >
> > i just need some frog expert opinions... (hello
> walt !)
> >
> > http://kalerne.free.fr/temp/alytes1.mp3
> > http://kalerne.free.fr/temp/alytes2.mp3
> >
> > here are some sounds i recorded by night a few
> days ago, in the
> > south-east part of france, near the mercantour
> national park (80 km
> from
> > the mediterranean sea). it was just above a
> village at 1500 meters
> high,
> > around 01AM. i don't know exactly the temperature
> but i think it
> was
> > around 17-20 degrees celsius (much more friendly
> than the 36=B0c of
> today
> > in my appartment...).
> > i was absolutly unable to locate these animals
> even if i was sure
> that
> > they were only a few centimeters near (i spent
> almost 10 minutes,
> > looking with my pocket light below the stones
> around...).
> > i have heard several places around this area where
> these batracians
> are
> > present.
> >
> > i thought these beautiful singers could be alytes
> obstetricans, but
> on
> > every nature sounds cd i have, these toads are
> singing at a much
> lower
> > pitch.
> >
> > so could anyone identify these songs ?
> >
> > if it is the alytes obstetricans, why do they have
> a so high-
> pitched
> > voice ? is it related to atmospheric conditions ?
> their age ? the
> > altitude ? the specificity of the region ?
> > and do these questions have a sense regarding
> amphibians in
> general ?
> >
> > thank you !
> >
> > friendly,
> >
> > yannick.
> >
> > --
> > .. yannick ->
> phonography/improvisation/composition/...
> > .. kalerne -> http://www.kalerne.net/
>
>
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