![]() ![]() Frogs generally have slippery skin, with webbing between their toes. They mostly live near water bodies and are good swimmers. In Hong Kong, there are 24 species of frogs, including the White-spined Cascade Frog ( Amolops albispinus), which has only been recored on Lantau Island. The local frogs differ greatly in size, from the tiny Romer's Tree Frog ( Liuixalus romeri), which is about 1.5cm long to the huge Giant Spiny Frog ( Quasipaa spinosa), which grows to over 14cm in length. Toads generally have dry, warty skin and no webbing between their toes. In Hong Kong, there are three species of toads, including the common and widespread Asian Common Toad ( Duttaphrynus melanostictus), which has poison glands on the sides of the head. The other two species, the Short-legged Toad ( Megophrys brachykolos) and Lau's Leaf-litter Toad ( Leptobrachella laui), are confined to mountain streams.Ĭlick here to download the Checklist of Amphibians of Hong Kong. The amphibian fauna of Hong Kong is rather diverse, accounting for about 7 percent of the amphibian species occurring in China. This is mainly attributed to the presence of a wide range of habitats, from the hillside streams to the low-lying wetlands (such as agricultural fields), offering suitable habitats to both upland inhabitants (e.g. Giant Spiny Frog, Lau's Leaf-litter Toad) and lowland dwellers (e.g. Marbled Pigmy Frog Microhyla pulchra, Spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog Kalophrynus interlineatus). Some widespread and abundant species, such as the Günther's Frog ( Sylvirana guentheri) and Paddy Frog ( Fejervarya limnocharis), can be found in different habitats at all altitudes. The Hong Kong Newt and the Hong Kong Cascade Frog ( Amolops hongkongensis) were once thought to be endemic to Hong Kong, but were later found in other places of Guangdong Province.Īmong the 24 native species recorded so far, only the Romer's Tree Frog is considered endemic to Hong Kong. Amphibian Conservation in Hong Kongĭespite their semi-terrestrial mode of life, amphibians are closely associated with water, because water bodies are their breeding ground. Rapid development in Hong Kong has resulted in the loss of many low-lying wetlands which were once important amphibian habitats, and this has led to a severe decline in the populations of certain lowland species (such as the Rough-skinned Floating Frog ( Occidozyga lima), which inhabited the once-abundant, but no longer existing, paddy fields). The species was not found in recent surveys. The pollution of water bodies and acid rain would also affect individual's survival, particularly for the sensitive species, as the permeable skin of amphibians makes them highly susceptible to the pollutants. However, some hardier pollution-tolerant species, such as the Günther's Frog and Asian Common Toad, are still common and, even in disturbed habitats, widespread. ![]() Regarding species conservation, Fellowes et al. A while back I mentioned a fun little unit converter for the iPhone called Convertbot. The latest Tapbot to arrive is model 0003, a.k.a. Pastebot’s purpose is to manage a clipboard of text and images that you copy from various content, whether that is the web, or twitter, or…well, anything that you can copy & paste on your iPhone. The things I love about Convertbot - the elegant, simple, yet fun interface and the mechanical sounds as you interact with the UI - are also found in Pastebot. To use Pastebot, first, you need to copy something to your clipboard on your iPhone. Once an image or some text is copied, simply open Pastebot, and whatever is currently in the clipboard’s cache is imported. Pastebot saves everything you copy so that you can quickly recall them in the future. Save and organize frequently-used clippings into custom pasteboards and create keyboard shortcuts to access pasteboards and paste specific clippings.įrom there, you can apply filters to the content (such as black & white on an image, or convert to all lowercase on text), and/or send them in an email. Alternatives to Pastebot for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and more. Also, since Pastebot remembers the last 99 things imported, you can recopy something to the iPhone’s general clipboard to repost elsewhere at any time. The most shining feature of Pastebot is Pastebot Sync, a Mac preference pane that acts as a wireless bridge between your Mac & iPhone. ![]() ![]() When your iPhone and Mac are on the same wifi network, and Pastebot is running on your iPhone, anything you copy on your Mac will magically be dropped into Pastebot. Likewise, tap and hold on something in Pastebot’s clipboard manager, and that image or text is pasted wherever your insertion cursor is currently on the Mac, whether that be the address bar, TextEdit, Pages, Keynote, or even an iChat window. Pastebot sells for $2.99 in the App Store and Pastebot Sync is a free utility on Tapbot’s site. ![]()
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