SUMMARY

• PREVALENCE: Rare

• ACTIVE PERIOD: Active at night

• KEY ID FEATURES: Long body with pointed snout, two white/gold stripes running down either side of the dorsum

• SIZE: ~2.5cm

• IUCN: LC - Least Concerned

GALLERY

IMPORTANT: Many frogs have significant variance in coloration and pattern even within the same species. There can also be extreme differences in appearance from juveniles to adults and some species appear very similar in maturity.

DESCRIPTION

They have a long pointed snout and a thin elongated body. They are most often green on the dorsum with dark brown flanks and light brown fore and hindlimbs. The most distinguishing feature are the two skin folds that run either side of the dorsum which are most often gold or white in color. It is from this feature that their common name was derived. Their venter is white or gold from chin to abdomen, with the hindlimb skin opaque. Hind feet are partially webbed. Dorsally the hind limbs have thin skin folds. The tympanum is large and obvious, and there is a white stripe on the upper lip extending dorsolaterally becoming jagged towards the hindlimbs.

HABITAT

They inhabit wetlands and marshes in several locations around Hong Kong and prefer resting in vegetation above stagnant water bodies.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

CAUTION SHOULD TAKEN WHEN INTERACTING WITH AMPHIBIANS: The two-striped grass frog is unique in appearance and not easily confused with other species. It is possible to mistake a two-stirped with a juvenile green cascade frog. The distinguishing features are size at maturity, the skin folds on the hindlimbs of the grass frog, and most obviously the two gold or white stripes down either side of the dorsum on the grass frog.