Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis Madagascar Jumping Frog
Ranomafana National Park, Vatovavy region, MadagascarApril 27, 2007
Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis) Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis)
This was the very first frog we saw at Ranomafana, and a light rain was falling at the time. I had to be careful to keep my camera covered while trying to get photos, but the frog was not cooperating at all. It would wait for me to get the camera in place, with an umbrella above the camera, then it would make a prodigious leap and squirm down into the leaf litter. It turned out to be a very common frog at Ranomafana.

The second one pictured here is a youngster that we saw about an hour after that first frog.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2007 trip to Madagascar.

Andasibe area, Alaotra-Mangoro region, MadagascarApril 26, 2023
Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis) Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis) Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis) Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis)
These were the common very jumpy leaf-litter frogs around Andasibe.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2023 trip to Madagascar.

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