## Greenhouse Frog - Eleutherodactylus planirostris

- Diagnostic Features:
  - Size: 0.5 to 1.25 inches
  - Color:
    - Reddish brown to brown
  - Other:
    - Two pattern phases: striped with light longitudinal stripes; mottled, with irregular light and dark markings
    - Reddish eyes
    - Belly white
- Natural History:
  - Habitat:
    - Often found in gardens, greenhouses, dumps, hardwood hammocks, gopher tortoise burrows, and small stream valleys
  - Behavior:
    - Terrestrial, hide by day or in dry weather under boards, leaves, trash, or other debris where there is some moisture
    - Move about only at night or rainy weather
  - Breeding:
    - Eggs are deposited under damp vegetation or debris
    - No tadpole stage
    - Breeds from May - September
- Voice: Sonogram : Call
  - Short, melodious, birdlike chirps, usually 4 - 6 in a series, very soft calls.
- Tadpoles:
  - Develops directly, no tadpole stage
- Range:
  - Introduced, probably originally from Cuba. In the US, found in Southern Florida, isolated populations in the Florida panhandle, Southern Alabama, New Orleans, and Georgia
  - In Georgia, they have been found in the Savannah, St. Simons Island and Valdosta areas.

  - In Green: Sound Recordings
  - In Magenta: Photograph, may or may not be sound record
  - In Orange: County Record by other Herp Atlas Volunteers
  - In Red: US Distribution from various sources

June 28, 2003 - wwknapp@mindspring.com