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MAFE There were 3 of these in the lab I think. One died early on, the last died 2024 :( When there were two it was easy to tell the boy apart from the girl, she was much bigger. They didn't seem... More
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MABE Until the frogs were put in a tank with standing water, I had no memory of them other than their name. Afterwards I fell in love with the skittish nature of the frogs.
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I never really got to learn which mantellas were which, the only difference I learned was that MANT BET were from before Josh's frogs gave us a bunch of Mantellas.
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BLBL The king of sneaky escape artists. Very pretty though.
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GUPU. In the tank labeled GUPU/PA, though I'm not sure what PA is. I loved feeding them on their Cast Iron Plant they always hid on.
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AGMA The burrowers. Used to have a pond, one of my favorites.
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BOGU Quite silly individuals, I liked their greenish yellow undersides.
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BOPY Everyone's favorite, probably. Cute colors and buggy eyes, combined with a small body. Unfortunately many of them passed away.
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BOMA Bright-eyed Frog is a great description of them.
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BORA Very beautiful frogs. If they were a little bigger and more popular, they'd probably be the poster child for "cool frog" rather than red eyed tree frog. One of them from the lab had a disj... More
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HEAL Most of the HEALs were Whitebelly Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus), and some might've been Heterixalus punctatus or others. I don't really know
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PLPO, as its scientific synonym is Platypelis pollicaris. Common name common giant tree frog? These were the first frogs I have a memory of at the lab - during my first tour of the lab we were tol... More
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PLMI The water cup ones. I loved the male's behavior of guarding his eggs. Sadly his sperm wasn't too good at making tadpoles, or we weren't too good at feeding them. Who knows.