



Greenhouse Frog - Eleutherodactylus planirostris

- Diagnostic Features:
- Size: 0.5 to 1.25 inches
- Color:
- Other:
- Two pattern phases: striped with light
longitudinal stripes; mottled, with irregular light and dark
markings
- Reddish eyes
- Belly white
- Natural History:
- Habitat:
- Often found in gardens, greenhouses, dumps,
hardwood hammocks, gopher tortoise burrows, and small stream
valleys
- Behavior:
- Terrestrial, hide by day or in dry weather under
boards, leaves, trash, or other debris where there is some
moisture
- Move about only at night or rainy weather
- Breeding:
- Eggs are deposited under damp vegetation or
debris
- No tadpole stage
- Breeds from May - September
- Voice: Sonogram
: Call
- Short, melodious, birdlike chirps, usually 4 - 6 in a
series, very soft calls.
- Tadpoles:
- Develops directly, no tadpole stage
- Range:
- Introduced, probably originally from Cuba. In the US,
found in Southern Florida, isolated populations in the Florida
panhandle, Southern Alabama, New Orleans, and Georgia
- In Georgia, they have been found in the Savannah, St.
Simons Island and Thomasville areas.


- In Green: Sound
Recordings
- In Magenta: Photograph,
may or may not be sound record
- In Orange: County Record by
other Herp Atlas Volunteers
- In Red: US Distribution
from various sources


September 9, 2006 - wwknapp@mindspring.com