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 a female evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist and writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning her PhD. In NYC, she was a postdoctoral fellow for two years, reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist has written a science blog 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