Hi folk,
Here is my report from Hainan Island (South China) where I spent few days in mid-February. I was in the outskirts of the province capital (Haikou), around 10km from the city centre I would say.
It is considered to be under a sub-tropical climate, but that time of the year is the coolest one (cool day means temperature lower than 20°C and as cold as 15). Beginning of my stay was like that and then it gets warmer day after day (to 30°C, 20+ at night) and rain for last day (that increased frog activity ). Overall it is very humid and foggy (most of the night) due to ocean proximity.
Environment was heavily impacted and degraded by human activities, a mosaic of shrubby places (home of some cows and razor-blade grass), small fields and banana plantations (separated by wall of volcanic rocks), and some factories.
Particularity of the place where I stay: big water reservoirs (ancient quarry I suppose). One sandy and one really rocky (but the best spots had dried up already). There I found most of the frogs presented here.
In this rocky quarry, I found all my Fejervarya multistriata. This Discoglossidae is nocturnal and from what I saw, spend its day under rocks.
I also found freshly metamorphosed Microhyla heymonsi in the dried pond during daytime (morning).