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Johnstonei's Frog Eggs
E. johnstonei
10.7213, -61.5592
Field Notes
Description:
A small frog of about 4cm to 4.5cm in length. Females are larger than males. Here are the eggs at about 8-10 days old, taken from my garden, under a rock in an orchid pot.
Habitat:
These little amphibians tend to lay their eggs during the dry season in cool, damp areas. The adults are known for their 'whistles' which are used as communication between members of the species. This also adapted the frog's name other than mentioned, as the Lesser Antillean Whistling Frog.
Notes:
They are common to the islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean and are accidental on the island of Trinidad, spanning most of the Western part of the island. The hatchlings remain in the area they were laid and feed off of the remaining yolk of the eggs, which they use to survive, before the arrival of a parent frog, whom escorts them to the new world outside and beyond.
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