This is the first time I've seen this species of frog in my yard. It's a Litoria adelaidensis - the Slender Tree Frog. We usually get the motorbike frog or Litoria moorei. It's been attracted to my pond, and if it's a male, as I suspect, it will call to attract the ladies. I had just watered, and I noticed it and grabbed a photo. Of course, by the time I'd got my macro tube out, it had vanished into the vegetation.
Anyway, water on the leaves, and water nearby, and a creature that relies on our rapidly diminishing wetlands to reproduce is trying my pond. Put a frog friendly pond in your garden today, and please, keep your cats inside at night.
WPP 2015 - Week 43 - Water
Weekly Photo Project 2015 curated by Alen Ianni , Bernhard Rembold , Cliff Loresco , Francesco Scaglioni , Heather D , Ken Fowkes , Navin Upendran , Robyn King and T.E. Smith
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What a find a works well for the theme :)
ReplyDeleteGreat catch/shot! And I love the bit of color on the under side of its leg.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's one of the ways of working out what the little fellow is - their back colour varies wildly, but they all have the red spotting on the legs.
ReplyDeleteLovely! And nothing nicer than the sound of peeping and croaking frogs in the yard all Spring long ( We have a lovely swamp on our property)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous image!!!
ReplyDeleteCool take on the theme!
ReplyDeleteLovely frog Alicia. I wish I could get frogs established in my backyard, but still no luck after three years of raising tadpoles. I think they all end up as food for the raccoons.
ReplyDeleteThick vegetation around the pond, and heavy logs or pots for them to hide under help mine evade cats, but it's a struggle sometimes. Raccoons must be a challenge!
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