Debbie,
I am no help on your ID, but I had to say that was a great recording!
Very clear. Those were some active, happy frogs. Well, maybe except
for the one you were man-handling. lol
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Suzanne
Suzanne Williams Photography
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
--- In Debbi B <>
wrote:
>
> I was in the Panoche Valley, southeast of Hollister CA, this
evening at
> Mercey Hot Springs. There is a small creek there, in which many
Pacific
> Treefrogs were calling. Upon shining a red flashlight in the water,
we
> found a larger frog (?--I didn't notice any parotoid glands) that
was
> not vocalizing. It was perhaps 3.5" long not including the legs,
> greenish, had irregular spots without centers, mostly dark eyes,
and a
> lightish dorsal stripe. I picked it up and turned it over, and the
lower
> part of the underside looked grainy, mostly white with some black.
It
> had a somewhat pointy rear end. I can't ID it from the books I have.
>
> I've posted a clip of the Treefrogs along with the call the frog
made
> when I picked it up and it wanted me to let go, which I did after
it
> talked for me.
> Navigate to the Sounds folder, it's the file dated today. BTW, this
was
> with the Olympus DS2 (which I ended up setting down, since I had a
> flashlight in my mouth, and a frog in one hand that was strong
enough
> that I needed two).
>
> http://briefcase.yahoo.com/dgbrusco
>
> Can anyone ID it?
> --
> /Debbi Brusco/
>
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