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Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 04:15 PM Sep 2023

AMAZING reticulated GLASS FROG male guarding several clutches of eggs on the underside of a leaf...

...overhanging a crystal clear spring fed stream on the caribbean slope of costa rica, in an amazing place called la selva verde. the 3rd photo is a different individual in a location a couple hundred meters away. the species is Hyalinobatrachium valerioi. ask me anything about the encounter or the photos.





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AMAZING reticulated GLASS FROG male guarding several clutches of eggs on the underside of a leaf... (Original Post) Gato Moteado Sep 2023 OP
No questions mercuryblues Sep 2023 #1
thank you Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #25
Fascinating...I wonder what he's guarding them Glorfindel Sep 2023 #2
i'm glad you asked..... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #3
Dear Gato! Amazing photos showing life starting with these fragile eggs. Gorgeous shots! Thank you. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2023 #4
thanks, peg! Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #26
Beautiful once again. How can you tell this is a male? hlthe2b Sep 2023 #5
the males guard the eggs Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #6
I want to be you when I grow up. AndyS Sep 2023 #7
never grow up! Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #27
Fantastic pics! How long does it take the eggs to hatch? Does the male guarding the eggs have to diva77 Sep 2023 #8
depending on the species of glass frog..... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #13
Ah, I get it! ShazzieB Sep 2023 #19
Hah! I like the way you explained it, Shazzie diva77 Sep 2023 #23
Oh my word. What fantastic images. Thank you so much for sharing. niyad Sep 2023 #9
well, thank you Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #28
WOW! What GREAT shots! Who knew? Certainly not me! calimary Sep 2023 #10
thank you.......in places with rich biodiversity, like costa rica... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #29
Amazing!!!!!❤️💕 lucca18 Sep 2023 #11
thank you Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #30
Wow, he is s0 handsome! tavernier Sep 2023 #12
they call them glass frogs because their skin is transparent.... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #17
I thought the same. tavernier Sep 2023 #18
It is the heart. tavernier Sep 2023 #20
Thank you for teaching us a little about tropical frogs WestMichRad Sep 2023 #14
thank you... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #31
I love the little tadpoles Sky Jewels Sep 2023 #15
yes....i posted some close ups of red eyed tree frog embryos in the eggs.... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #32
Wow, wonderful! Sky Jewels Sep 2023 #37
this is the second time in 2 days NJCher Sep 2023 #16
thank you.... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #33
Amazing!! n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #21
thank you. Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #34
Beautiul, Beautiful pictures people Sep 2023 #22
thank you...i get a lucky shot every now and then Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #35
so beautiful! mike_c Sep 2023 #24
thanks man.... Gato Moteado Sep 2023 #36

mercuryblues

(15,266 posts)
1. No questions
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 04:18 PM
Sep 2023

I love these photos. Not only are you blessed to see them, but you also took and shared the lovely photos with us. Thank-you.

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
3. i'm glad you asked.....
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 04:24 PM
Sep 2023

regarding glass frog eggs, there is a species of fly that lays their eggs on the egg mass and the larva hatch quickly and eat the developing embryos of the glass frogs. there are wasps that also eat the eggs. when insects land on or near the eggs, the males will kick them off.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,460 posts)
4. Dear Gato! Amazing photos showing life starting with these fragile eggs. Gorgeous shots! Thank you.
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 04:35 PM
Sep 2023

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
7. I want to be you when I grow up.
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 05:26 PM
Sep 2023

As if that's ever going to happen

Your total immersion in the forest is a thing of beauty and obviously feeds your spirit. It is a thing to be longed for in the rest of us!

diva77

(7,880 posts)
8. Fantastic pics! How long does it take the eggs to hatch? Does the male guarding the eggs have to
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 05:27 PM
Sep 2023

leave the eggs to get food?

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
13. depending on the species of glass frog.....
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:20 PM
Sep 2023

...eggs hatch in anywhere from a week and a half to four weeks.

there are insects everywhere in the tropics....i don't think they have to leave to eat.

ShazzieB

(18,925 posts)
19. Ah, I get it!
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:53 PM
Sep 2023

All he has to do is stick out that long sticky tongue when food comes flying by...or alights in his vicinity. Great system for keeping the eggs safe without his having to go without nourishment.

calimary

(84,607 posts)
10. WOW! What GREAT shots! Who knew? Certainly not me!
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 05:49 PM
Sep 2023

The glass frog. I can see why. And it looks like its batches of eggs, too!

Simply Remarkable subject. And terrific photos of it also! What a delicate creature. How many hours were you waiting and watching for shots like these?

These belong in a full-color nature book, or a picture book about amphibians. Just REMARKABLE!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing them here!!!

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
29. thank you.......in places with rich biodiversity, like costa rica...
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:44 PM
Sep 2023

...photo ops are everywhere all the time.

tavernier

(13,284 posts)
12. Wow, he is s0 handsome!
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:18 PM
Sep 2023

I’ve always been a sucker for brown eyed guys.

Both of the frogs have a reddish spot on their backs. Do you know the significance of that?

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
17. they call them glass frogs because their skin is transparent....
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:28 PM
Sep 2023

...i noticed that too and assumed it was one of their organs, but i don't know for sure.

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
32. yes....i posted some close ups of red eyed tree frog embryos in the eggs....
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:47 PM
Sep 2023

...a few weeks ago.....here's a pic of that:

NJCher

(38,229 posts)
16. this is the second time in 2 days
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:27 PM
Sep 2023

that I've seen something here on du that I've never even imagined existed. The other was on SCE's regular Sunday thread. Can you imagine such a pattern!?



The fact that you found this little guy guarding the eggs makes it all the more special. He's doing his bit for the fambly.

Thanks for posting these; I always, always read your threads.

Gato Moteado

(9,970 posts)
33. thank you....
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:52 PM
Sep 2023

...there are some surreal frogs here.....most of them are on the caribbean coast.....i need to make more trips to that coast to get more pics.

but glass frogs are everywhere here, pretty much. i'm up at 5000 feet right now and i can hear the fleischmann's glass frogs whistling right now outside. for tiny little frogs they are loud.

here is what they look like:













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