Phrynoidis aspera

Giant asian or river toad (adult)
Phanom Bencha | Thailand 

 Exifs: 
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens: Sigma 150 mm + EX II = 300 mm
 1/250 Sek
f/4.0
ISO 400

comments (14)

John Sullivan

Lion

I created the species using the name "asper" instead of "aspera" because that's the name Wikipedia is using, so it made species-creation easier. It looks like both names are used in different places. Posted 10 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  John, I don't know why (maybe Ferdy would explain), but sometimes not all Taxonomy levels are created. If you click on "Info" in this case you will see that all levels except the species name are "Unknown", so you have to insert them manually. It happens always with plants species. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I can explain, at least for plants. JungleDragon will look at Wikipedia for the taxonomy level words, like "family", "class", etc. The problem with plants at Wikipedia is that they are organized in clades, so there is no way for my software to know which value maps to which level in that situation. Posted 10 years ago
3. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Oh, I see in meantime you have done that! Sorry! Posted 10 years ago
4. 1. John Sullivan
    
    Lion
    
    No problem! I didn't notice that at first, but I went in to edit the species info a little and then noticed the missing taxonomic levels. Thanks for mentioning it, because I might have overlooked it. Posted 10 years ago

Jivko Nakev

Lion

Magnificent photo! Posted 10 years ago
1. fl Design
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thank you very much :) Posted 10 years ago

fl Design

Grizzly Bear

Hi folks,
sorry for that but I know that problem here. Sometimes one letter makes a difference.
But «aspera» is currently correct.
Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I'm really not sure which is the correct one, according to the IUCN Phrynoidis aspera is not correct [orth. error], but it is used in other sources which should be reliable too...
  http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/54579/0
  http://eol.org/pages/332935/overview
  http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=773647
  http://www.gbif.org/species/2422560 Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. fl Design
    
    Grizzly Bear
    
    Hmm, difficult... Posted 10 years ago

SSSSS

Katipo Spider

Great click!
Posted 10 years ago
1. fl Design
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thank you! Posted 10 years ago

Annette Flottwell

Lion

fantastic detail, great view of the skin, well chosen POV. Can't ask for more Posted 10 years ago
1. fl Design
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thank you Annette! Posted 10 years ago