Green Creature / 綠色小精靈

TW-42170
原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 25 to 31 March, 2009
Sender: Dodd
To: Satu in Finland

來自：臺北臺灣
日期：2009年3月25至31日
寄者：Dodd
給：芬蘭的Satu

Two weeks ago, it was life science week. Department of life science had book sale, and photos, postcards and so on. I bought this card there. It's a tree frog. There are ten species of tree frog in Taiwan, and seven of them are only found in Taiwan. Taiwan is an island located in a very good place for life creatures. We are at subtropical and tropical boundary, so the weather is just right.

I am not an animal expert, so I can not recognise what species it is. So I only told Satu about tree frog in Taiwan. I checked the frog database and I guess it is Orange-Belly Green Tree Frog (Rhacophorus aurantiventris) or Emerald Green Tree Frog(Rhacophorus prasinatus). No matter which it is, it is an endemic and endangered species in Taiwan. Satu likes insects and wild animal postcards. I hope this frog goes well with his other insects. :)

Satu喜歡野生動植物還有昆蟲的明信片，所以我寄了這張給他。不過當時並沒有好好查它到底是哪一種。這張在二月底生命科學週攤位上買的明信片，就是一張很單純的生物攝影，什麼說明都沒有。所以我花了一段時間看網路上的介紹。台灣共有十種樹蛙，其中七種是特有種。我猜測這張是橙腹樹蛙或是翡翠樹蛙。如果有專家看到，麻煩幫我確認一下。