New Frog recording ! Rana sauteri 梭德氏赤蛙
Monday, October 11th, 2010It has been a very long time we could spare some time for recording the songs of the Frogs of Taiwan. So far we have only 21 species documented amongst the 32… But last Saturday (09.10.2010) we could get the Rana sauteri’s sounds. We joined a group of volunteers for rescuing this endangered specie which most recent scientific name is Pseudoamolops sauteri梭德氏赤蛙 (Boulenger, 1909) and in Chinese . This is currently their breeding season, so the frogs are migrating to the river where they gather to sing. Unfortunately bloody stupid government ingieneers built concrete walls that the animals can’t cross. So all amphibians finish their life under the wheels of passing cars. Fortunately some environment and nature lovers organize events to rescue them by watching the road area, catching the frogs and bringing them to the river. After the rescue, we could record the delicate sounds of their calls which are usually difficult to hear since the river environment is noisy because of water streams.
Link : 新竹大山背 http://sowhc.sow.org.tw/html/article/990915b/99015b.htm










