ضفدع فوريري

Rana forreri is a moderately large frog with adults reaching 120 mm. This frog has smooth skin, a pointed snout, well-developed dorsolateral folds extending from the eye to the base of the hind limb, and dark brownish dorsal spots. The color can be dark green to tan. Hind limbs also have well-defined dark bands (Grismer 2002).A Spanish-language species account can be found at the website of Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) (http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-DB=UBIpub.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-Format=/ubi/detail.html&-Op=bw&id=4405&-Find).

Rana forreri is distributed from southern Sonora to Jalisco, Mexico, and on down through Nicaragua and into northern Costa Rica. It lives in ponds (Grismer 2002).

During the evening, individuals sit at the water's edge or along the shore up to 2 meters from the water. The mating call consists of a low soft growling trill lasting 1.5 to 2 seconds and producing the sound of w-a-a-a-a-a (Grismer 2002).