A White-spotted Foot-flagging Frog (Staurois parvus) on a mossy rock

I saw this frog in a lowland rainforest location that also featured two other closely-related species, Staurois guttatus and Staurois latopalmatus.

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Ferdy Christant

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"Communicating by waving their feet at each other"

Funny and interesting! Know of any recording of this behavior? Posted 7 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
  Lion
  
  One good video is
  . There are probably a bunch of others out there also. Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Haha that is so awesome. If I'd be a bachelor, I'd totally try it out. Posted 7 years ago
  2. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    This video is so neat! They are cuties! Posted 7 years ago
  3. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Do you mind if I add this video to the description and species video section? Posted 7 years ago
  4. 1. John Sullivan
      
      Lion
      
      I don't mind. But I'm not sure what the guidelines about adding arbitrary YouTube videos to species accounts are (it's not my video).
      
      Also, the particular species in the video is Staurois gutattus, so it would probably be more appropriate to add it to that species. Posted 7 years ago
    2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
        
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        I understand your hesitance. It is a common practice here to link educational videos in descriptions. It links directly to the original video creator, so that automatically disqualifies it as any sort of plagiarism. At least that is my view! Ferdy, do you agree? Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
      2. John Sullivan
        
        Lion
        
        Sounds reasonable to me, I just didn't know the policy. Posted 7 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

So cool, John! I'm really enjoying your frog discoveries! Keep them coming! Posted 7 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Lisa! Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    You are welcome! :) Thank YOU for sharing! Posted 7 years ago

The White-spotted Foot-flagging Frog

Staurois parvus is the smallest of the foot-flagging frogs, which live in splash zones and communicate over the loud background noise by waving their feet at each other. It is closely related to Staurois tuberilinguis, and was once considered part of that species.

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Similar species: Frogs

Species identified by Ferdy Christant