That's what our gut wants to believe, too, Wil. Thanks for the
response. We're still checking. We'll compare Martyn's DNA with that
of the toad.
BK
On May 10, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Wil Hershberger wrote:
> From what I can see on the sonogram this looks more like Wyoming
> toad. The pulse rate is 50/sec for WY toad and 40 for Canadian toad.
> The Canadian toad also seems to vary song length from one song to
> the next a lot more than the unknown toad is doing.
> So my speculation is Wyoming toad. Very cool if it is. Looks like
> someone needs to go back there and verify what is going on.
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> Wil Hershberger
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> On May 9, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Bernie Krause wrote:
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>> OK, folks. The toad reference mentioned earlier today (see text
>> below)
>> has been uploaded on the group sound bulletin board. Anyone who feels
>> like weighing in on and ID, feel free... The toad (?) sound enters at
>> about 7 seconds into the clip.
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>> While conducting a soundscape workshop at the Murie Center in the
>> Teton valley (Jackson Hole, Wyoming) last June with Martyn Stewart
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>> Kevin Colver, Martyn and I were recording at a nearby site when my
>> equipment failed. Martyn, who was cataloguing his metadata a few
>> weeks
>> ago, happened to recognize within the biophonic tapestry of his
>> recording, the sound of a toad that may be either the thought-to-be-
>> extinct-in-the-wild Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri), OR the Canadian toad
>> (never found below the very northern most part of Montana...300 miles
>> to the north), OR a new species altogether. This is the conclusion of
>> a number of herpetologists, naturalists, and biologists, who have
>> weighed in on the issue since Martyn brought it to my attention. I'm
>> on the road at the moment, but will post the recording early
>> tomorrow.
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>> If this turns out to be any one of those three possibilities, this
>> will be pretty significant in the field. Now for the fun part.
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>> Bernie Krause
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