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Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - top, Ranomafana, Madagascar <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84796/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_side_ranomafana_madagascar.html" title="Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - side, Ranomafana, Madagascar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/84796_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=W8znxgvAgzlwXo4wGGb6GOQTZt8%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - side, Ranomafana, Madagascar https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84798/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_top_ranomafana_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84797/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_face_ranomafana_madagascar.html Africa,Gephyromantis ceratophrys,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Ranomafana National Park,World" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84797/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_face_ranomafana_madagascar.html" title="Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - face, Ranomafana, Madagascar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/84797_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=%2FE%2FcEN7M2yob%2BjWsKZa5llgj6mo%3D" width="200" height="124" alt="Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - face, Ranomafana, Madagascar https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84798/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_top_ranomafana_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84796/green-backed_gephyromantis_ceratophrys_-_side_ranomafana_madagascar.html Africa,Gephyromantis ceratophrys,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Ranomafana National Park,World" /></a></figure> Africa,Gephyromantis ceratophrys,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Ranomafana National Park,World Click/tap to enlarge

Green-backed Gephyromantis ceratophrys - top, Ranomafana, Madagascar

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    That is just incredible! Posted 6 years ago
  2. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Do you still have more of this species to post? Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      No, I don't think so. Posted 6 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Okay...I want to do a FB post with a collage showing the variability...maybe next week. Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          Cool idea! Posted 6 years ago
  4. View Gary B's profile
    Gary B
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    Interesting camouflage like a mossy piece of wood. And the little plant has me wondering what it is. A fern? Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      Didn't even notice the plant, lol. Sorry, don't know what it is. By the way, did you notice how incredibly variable the pattern of this frog is. Check out how all of the below photos are the same species:
      https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/20921/gephyromantis-ceratophrys.html       Posted 6 years ago
      1. View Gary B's profile
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        I did notice that variability and wondered how that comes about and why some have no green at all. Are these frogs in the photos all from the same general area or are they from more widely separated locations? Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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          We found about a dozen all within about a 5 hour hike, so highly variable within a small area. Posted 6 years ago
          1. View Gary B's profile
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            That is amazing! And I just noticed two more plants in the photo in the lower left and lower right. I think they are liverworts. Posted 6 years ago
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              Thanks for that! Posted 6 years ago

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The Gephyromantis ceratophrys

Gephyromantis ceratophrys is a frog in the Mantellidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

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Uploaded Sep 22, 2019. Captured Jul 14, 2019 12:39.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm