I can not speak French and neither can my Frogs but,
They sound similar to our Spring Peepers.
These frogs are early season callers here and I can even find them
singing at temps below 0 degrees in the spring.
The attachment here is the frog heard with Leopard Frogs, A Whip-Poor-
Will bird and a Beaver giving the alarm splash.
1.5 meg large download at:
Http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet/Frog2003.mp3
Rich Peet
--- In Yannick Dauby
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> 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.
>
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> .. yannick -> phonography/improvisation/composition/...
> .. kalerne -> http://www.kalerne.net/
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