tags: amphibian, African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist has written a blog about science since 4 August 2004 (the early years are archived 





















Comments
I think it's an African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus.
Posted by: Kelly W | February 15, 2008 11:06 PM
Three-striped poison dart frog
http://flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/2240087026/sizes/l/
African reed frog
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/9884/frog1.jpg
Looks more like the african reed frog
Posted by: JPS | February 16, 2008 4:06 AM
It looks like a Painted reed frog - Hyperolius marmoratus broadleyi - from Zimbabwe - thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: Brian Gratwicke | November 8, 2008 9:49 AM