Friday 4 May 2012

Jamaica Day 5: Night crawlers

The night brings out a lot of creatures in Jamaica. Walking around the backyard looking for owls once again I saw a lot of things but no owls.
Stink bug sp.

Hermit crab

Eleutherodactylus  cundalli- Jamaican rock frog
While looking for frogs on the vegetation there were a lot of other things crawling around. Ants don't stop being active and it was hard to avoid getting bit by a swarm of them.  There were slugs, milipedes, moths, spiders, anoles, hermit crabs, geckos, frogs and insects.
Very large slug

Moth

Millipede
We found a new species of frog that night in the ditch along the road and posed it nicely on a stick for pictures.
Jamaican masked frog- Eleutherodactylus luteolus
Eleutherodactylus luteolus

Eleutherodactylus luteolus

Anole

If you're identifying herps from the Caribbean this website is very useful! > http://www.caribherp.org

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