Gephyromantis asper
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East Betsileo Grainy Frog



With their outlines broken up by light and dark blotches, these frogs have excellent camouflage in the leaf litter. I think in all three of these cases, we noticed the frog only because it jumped. These three are in order of increasing size/age, from a tiny little froglet to a full-sized adult.
Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2023 trip to Madagascar.
Online references:
- Gephyromantis asper account on AmphibiaWeb
- Gephyromantis asper account on iNaturalist
- Gephyromantis asper account on Amphibian Species of the World
Printed references:
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 2007. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition