Time: 2002 to 2115
Weather: X rain, windy, cloudy, dry
Date: 19th February, 2009
Dr Bickford and Alicia
The question of the night was
"Where are all the females?"
It was a fairly dry night. It hasnt been raining for the pass few days, As far as i can remember, the last time it rained was Monday.
Dr Bickford and I went on the Vigilante Drive Nature trail, we walked along the concrete pathway, occasionally straying away to the unbeaten tracks,
The night was almost silent, from any frog calls,
When we passed the first stream, which was almost dry,
Dr Bickford heard a solo Polypedates leucomystax,.
It went on for about 4 more times, in intervals of about 1 minute each.
We decided to move on,
The crime scene that night was the second stream we came across, we heard more Polypedates leucomystax this time. They were calling, in turns.
We saw a total of 6 that night. It was initially a little tough to spot them, but became so fun, i wanted to ask the last frog i saw where were the rest.
I will reach enlightenment if i can "Think like a frog"
After this second frogging, i think i have a better, though still rough and blurry idea of the how the project should and might be like.
Interesting stuff worth noting for the night,
1. There were so many spiders, and their eyeshines were literally making the whole forest glow, i was wondering whether i had missed any lucky frogs which i might have thought was just another spider.
2. I should try to remain composed when i search for frogs, i remember being frantic and overly eager when i went frogging for Microhylas at Kent Ridge Park last year. Until i stayed put at one spot and start spotting, literally stop and spot.
back to the question of the night,
"where are all the females?"
Beats me, maybe they went to the ladies to touch up their make-up?
(This answer is Homo sapienly correct but anuranly not very accurate)
A Polyepedates leucomystax, a common tree frog
From http://thepursuitofanurans.blogspot.com/
alicia
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