Photo competition
What an amazing response to our international amphibian photography competition!
We received many more photos than we had anticipated, with 950 entries being submitted, from fifty-two countries. The judges had an extremely difficult time selecting the winners, with so many outstanding images being considered.
We are very pleased to announce that the overall winner was Gonçalo M. Rosa, from Lisboa, Portugal, with a spectacular photo of a Boophis sp., taken in Betampona, Madagascar. Gonçalo says: “The photo was taking during a frog survey at Betampona reserve – possibly the largest relict of low-altitude rainforest block in the east coast region”. As well as being awarded the best photo in the competition, Gonçalo’s photo also was the winner in the category of In the Wild. Please click on any of the photos on this page to see larger versions of them.
Winner In the Wild category |
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Boophis sp. aff. boehmei |
The winning photo in the In Captivity category was a magnificent Mimic Poison Dart Frog, taken by J.P. Lawrence, from Kalamazoo, USA, and Lena White (aged 14), from Atlanta, USA submitted the winning entry in the category of Youth, with her photo of a Fantasy Horned Frog.
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Winner Youth category |
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Mimic Poison Dart Frog ( Ranitomeya imitator) |
Fantasy Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli x C. cornuta hybrid) |
Nine other photos made up the twelve winning entries selected to be included in Amphibian Ark’s 2012 calendar;
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| Ghost Glass Frog (Sachatamia ilex) Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
Splendid Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer) Matt Wilson, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Black-Bellied Salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) Todd Pierson, Athens, GA, USA |
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| Pacific Robber Frog (Pristimantis appendiculatus) Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
Snouted Treefrog (Scinax fuscovarius) Fábio Maffei, Bauru, Brazil |
Harlequin Frog (Atelopus laetissimus) Victor Luna-Mora, Ibague, Colombia |
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| Shovelhead Treefrog (Diaglena spatulata) Jorge Armín Escalante Pasos, Mérida, Mexico |
Splendid Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer) Dustin Smith, Homestead, Florida, USA |
Spix’s Snouted Treefrog (Scinax nebulosus) Pedro Peloso, New York, USA |
The judges also made special mention of two additional wonderful photos, which were highly commended:
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| Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis) K.P. Dinesh, Bangalore, India |
European Toad (Bufo bufo) Gleb Elenev, Smolensk, Russia |
Below are another eighty-six photographs, which along with the twelve winning entries, make up the top one hundred photos, as scored by our judges. We hope you enjoy viewing these photos as much as we do. Please click on any of the photos on this page to see larger versions of them.
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| Nymphargus grandisonae Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
Duellmanohyla rufioculis Dustin Smith, Homestead, Florida, USA |
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) Suzanne Niles, Westford, USA |
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| Tiger Leg Monkey Tree Frogs (Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis) Phil Ramos, Toronto, Canada |
Hyalinobatrachium talamancae Víctor Acosta Chaves, Heredia, Costa Rica |
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
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| Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni Juan Pablo Hurtado |
Hypsiboas calcaratus Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
Hypsiboas cinerascens Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
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| Duellmanohyla rufioculis Víctor Acosta, Heredia, Costa Rica |
Hylomantis lemur Dustin Smith, Homestead, Florida, USA |
Phyllomedusa perinesos Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
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| Hypsiboas calcaratus Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
Boophis bottae Gonçalo M. Rosa, Lisboa, Portugal |
White-lined monkey frog (Phyllomedusa vaillantii) Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Telmatobius culeus Arturo Munoz, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Rhinella magnussoni Pedro Peloso, New York, USA |
Unidentified tree frog Kristiina Hurme, Storrs, USA |
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| Teratohyla midas Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
Eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus) Matt Wilson, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Blue-sided Leaf-frog (Agalychnis annae) Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Solomon Island Leaf Frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) Janet Fikar, Shalimar, USA |
Oophaga histrionica Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
Boophis marojezensis Gonçalo M. Rosa, Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Dendropsophus triangulum Pedro Peloso, New York, USA |
Quasipaa fasciculispina Kin Onn Chan, Alor Setar, Malaysia |
Dendropsophus ebraccatus Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
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| Toad Mountain Harlequin Frog (Atelopus certus) Brian Gratwicke, Washington DC, USA |
Unknown Dendrobates species Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
Atelopus laetissimus Victor Luna-Mora, Ibague, Colombia |
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| Unknown species Bjorn Olesen, Singapore, Singapore |
Hyalinobatrachium valerioi Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
Hypsiboas rosenbergi Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Oophaga pumilio Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
Pristimantis gladiator Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
Plethodon cinereus Daniel Hocking, Dover, USA |
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| File-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates otilophus) Bjorn Olesen, Singapore, Singapore |
Scaphiopus couchii Victor H. Luja, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis Robert Hansen, Clovis, USA |
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| Hyla andersonii Dustin Smith, Homestead, Florida, USA |
Hyperolius marmoratus David Brabiner, Derbyshire, England |
Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Suzanne Niles, Westford, USA |
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| Cruziohyla calcarifer Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
Pristimantis w-nigrum Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
Leptopelis vermiculatus Richard Butler, London, United Kingdom |
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| Pristimantis appendiculatus Tim Krynak, North Olmsted, USA |
Hyperolius marmoratus David Brabiner, Derbyshire, England |
Pristimantis eugeniae Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
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| Hypsiboas faber Fábio Maffei, Bauru, Brazil |
Hypsiboas pellucens Lucas Mateo Bustamante Enríquez, Quito, Ecuador |
Proceratophrys moratoi Fábio Maffei, Bauru, Brazil |
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| Itapotihyla langsdorffii Cybele Lisboa, SÃO PAULO, Brazil |
Pelophylax bergeri Denis Palanque, Montcarra, France |
Boophis luteus Gonçalo M. Rosa, Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Breviceps adspersus Jelger Herder, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Desmognathus fuscus Daniel Hocking, Dover, USA |
Hyla gratiosa Dustin Smith, Homestead, Florida, USA |
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| Ranitomeya ventrimaculata Tiffany Kosch, Greenville, USA |
Ranitomeya sp. nov. “Supatá” Giovanni Chaves Portilla, Bogotá, Colombia |
Malayan Flying Frog (Rhacophorus prominanus) Evan Seng Huat Quah, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia |
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| Dendrobates auratus David Brabiner, Derbyshire, England |
Eurycea guttolineata Todd Pierson, Athens, GA, USA |
Malayan Horned Frog(Megophrys nasuta) Bjorn Olesen, Singapore, Singapore |
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| Bushveld Rain Frog (Breviceps adspertus) Werner Conradie, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
Leaf Green Tree Frog – Litoria nudidigitus Michael Williams, Melbourne, Australia |
Osteocephalus planiceps Sylvia Dudek, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Dendrobates auratus David Brabiner, Derbyshire, England |
Hypsiboas pellucens Alejandro Arteaga, Quito, Ecuador |
Nymphargus grandisonae Tim Krynak, north olmsted, USA |
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| Rhinella mirandaribeiroi Fábio Maffei, Bauru, Brazil |
Centrolenidae sp. Phil Ramos, Toronto, Canada |
Bolitoglossa odonnelli Todd Pierson, Athens, GA, USA |
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| Dyscophus antongilii Gonçalo M. Rosa, Lisboa, Portugal |
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) George Cevera, Frenchtown, USA |
Turkeit Hill Frog (Allophryne ruthveni) Jelger Herder, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
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| Hiloscirtus palmeri Gert Benaets, Alken, Belgium |
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Benjamin Tapley, canterbury, United Kingdom |
Trachycephalus typhonius Jorge Armín Escalante Pasos, Mérida, Mexico |
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| Alytes obstetricans Denis Palanque, Montcarra, France |
Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Peltophryne lemur) Jan P. Zegarra, Boqueron, Puerto Rico |
British Common Toad (Bufo bufo) Katy Upton, Canterbury, United Kingdom |
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| Hypsiboas crepitans Jennifer del Rio, Bogotá, Colombia |
Telmatobius culeus Arturo Munoz, Cochabamba, Bolivia |
Incilius holdridgei Víctor Acosta Chaves, Heredia, Costa Rica |
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| Hypsiboas punctata Tiffany Kosch, Greenville, USA |
Atelopus nahumae Diego Gómez, Caicedonia, Colombia |
