Amphibians beginning with F

False Western Froglet - The False Western Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations , water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, wastewater treatment areas, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fanged river frog - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fat Toadlet - The Fat Toadlet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Fern bank salamander - Its natural habitat is freshwater springs.

Fiji Ground Frog - The Fiji ground frog is found on four larger islands and a small island, Viwa, off the eastern coast of the main island of the Fiji archipelago. The species maintains populations throughout the forested parts of these islands . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and secondary/regrowth forest. It can also be found in grassland, along ephemeral streams, where it forages for nocturnal insects. A largish frog, it can grow up to 100 g and to body lengths of 110 mm. The larger individuals tend to be a very dull dark brown . However, smaller adults and juvenile frogs can be highly polymorphic in coloration, with banding and stippling in darker or lighter hues of red, brown, green and curry-yellow. It is distinguished from the Platymantis vitiensis by its larger size and smaller toe pads. The Fiji ground is a nocturnal ground dweller, however, individuals have been encountered on low branches and leaves of riparian forest vegetation. It is thought to be

Fiji tree frog - The Fiji tree frog persists in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, and secondary regrowth forest habitats, on the largest islands in the Fiji group: Taveuni, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. It is threatened by habitat loss on these islands, particularly due to the increase in conversion of native forest to plantations.

Fire-bellied Toad - These toads are slightly toxic sometimes to humans. When they shed their skin, they bloat themselves and make a coughing sound, then start to tear the old skin off with their mouth, and eat it for nutrition, to reveal newer, brighter skin.

Fischer's Clawed Salamander, Long-tailed Clawed Salamander - The long-tailed salamander is known to live at elevations up to 1000 m, and favors thickly-vegetated stretches of pebble-bottomed mountain streams, with little direct sunlight. It may also be found near underground springs. The mating season is from mid-March to mid-May. The eggs are laid in streams; the aquatic larvae emerge after approximately 5 weeks.

Flat Caco, Flat Dainty Frog, Smooth Dainty Frog - The Flat Caco, Flat Dainty Frog, or Smooth Dainty Frog is a species of frog in the Petropedetidae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, irrigated land, canals and ditches, and introduced vegetation.

Flat-headed Frog - The Flat-headed Frog is a species of frog in the Limnodynastidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flatwoods salamander - The Frosted Flatwoods Salamander has a very narrow geographic distribution, occurring only in the southeastern coastal plain of the United States. It inhabits seasonally wet pine flatwoods and pine savannas east of the Apalachicola River in northern Florida, southern South Carolina, and southern Georgia. Prior to European settlement, it was most likely a common member of the fire-maintained longleaf Pine -wiregrass community, which has since largely been replaced by urban development, agriculture, and pine silviculture. A recently published study documents the extirpation of a sizable breeding population as a result of a common silvicultural practice of converting natural pine forest to ditched and bedded slash pine plantation . Further degradation of Frosted Flatwoods Salamander habitats has occurred as a result of fire suppression, allowing native ephemeral wetland communities to succeed to dense tangles of hardwood shrubs. As a result of these ongoing land use activities, populations are now extremely disc

Flea-frog - Adult Brazilian Gold Frogs measure to only 9.8 millimeters in body length. Many have a beautiful golden color, for which they are named.

Flea-frog - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fleay's barred-frog - This species has a fragmented distribution in wet forests from Conondale Range in Queensland in the north, to Yabbra Scrub in northern New South Wales to the south. The majority of the population occurs in rainforests above 400m, however it is also known from some lowland rainforest sites. This species has declined from many sites in Queensland since 1970s. It is currently known from Conondale and Main Range, Springbrook and Lamington Plateaux and Mount Barney in Queensland and Border Ranges, Mount Warning, Nightcap Range and Yabbra and Tooloom Scrub in New South Wales. Historical area of occurrence is about 7000 km². This species has disappeared completely from Bunya Mountains and Mount Tamborine in Queensland.

Fleischmann's Glass Frog - The Fleischmann's Glass Frog is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flood Plain Toadlet - The Flood Plain Toadlet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Florida Bog Frog - This species range from 34 - 49 mm in length, with the female generally being the larger of the sexes. They have no spots on their dorsal surface and unlike other members of the genus Rana they lack webbing between some of their toes. They are dark green with a yellow throat and a black underbelly. Tadpoles are brown with spots on the tail and ventral surface.

Florida Cricket Frog - The Southern cricket frog is a small Hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States. It is very similar in appearance and habits to the Northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans, and was formerly conspecific . The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket .

Foothill yellow-legged frog - The Foothill Yellow-legged Frog has a grey, brown or reddish dorsum, or the back of the frog. It is commonly spotted or mottled but occasionally is plainly colored. Adults have yellow coloration under the legs, which may extend to their abdomen, but this characteristic is faint or absent in young frogs. There is a triangular, buff-colored patch on the snout, and, unlike other frogs in the Rana genus, there is no eye stripe. The throat and chest are often boldly mottled; moreover, the species has indistinct dorso-lateral skin folds and granular skin. Males of this species develop a nuptial pad on their thumb base during the breeding season. These frogs can be identified by their rough skin, horizontal pupils, fully-webbed hind feet, and its habit to jump into moving water.

Forest rain frog - Forest rain frogs can range in colour from red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. They can also vary in size from a mere 2cm and grow to be about 10cm in body length. The purple frogs are known to contain a defense mechanism consisting of a toxic chemical on their slimy exterior. If contact is made with this toxin the temporary effect of paralysis can occur.

Four-toed Salamander - The Four-toed salamander can be recognized by its white underbelly sprinkled with black dots. Its back varies from orange-brownish to red-brownish; its flanks are grayish. The body and the limbs are elongated, the snout is short and the eyes are prominent. The tail color is usually brighter than the back, you can observe a constriction at the body/tail junction. The posterior limbs have four toes , a good identification criteria but hard to use in the field. This species rarely exceeds 10 cm in length. The sexes are alike except for the shape of the head; males have an elongated and almost square snout, and the female’s snout is short and round. The juveniles show a tail shorter than the body.

Fourche Mountain Salamander - The Fourche Mountain Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fraser's Clawed Frog, Fraser's Platanna - The Fraser's Clawed Frog or Fraser's Platanna is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.

Freycinet’s frog - This is a variable species of frog reaching 45 mm in length. It is normally brown on the dorsal surface with large lighter or darker patches or raised dots, in some specimens these patches can be very indistinct to almost non-existent. A triangle shape of the same colour as the patches is present on the snout, another larger triangle shape is present behind the eyes, almost looking like a reflection to the one on the snout. The iris is a rusty colour in the upper-half and brown-grey in the bottom. There is a white bar that extends from in front of the eye around the tympanum and to the arm. The lower lip is marbled black and white. The pads on the fingers are small. The underbelly is white and the throat in males is darker.

Fringed Tree Frog - The Fringed Tree Frog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fry’s Frog - The Fry's Frog is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fuelleborn's Stream Frog - The Fuelleborn's Stream Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and possibly Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.