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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:37 pm | |
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Karingal Assistant Gardener
Posts : 759 Join date : 2009-03-15 Age : 76 Location : Lake Macquarie NSW
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:08 pm | |
| How cute...he is lovely, Gail. I've given up hoping to spot ours. I have spotted three frogs in all the years they have been here....sigh.. | |
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Little Miss The Estate Unionized Gardener
Posts : 2542 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 63 Location : The Garden State
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:13 pm | |
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Betty Gardener
Posts : 1067 Join date : 2009-03-17 Location : North west Victoria
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:15 pm | |
| Much cuter than one I dug up when planting roses this evening. Mine was a burrowing frog and covered with dust. LOL. Maybe yours is an albino something?? | |
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Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:24 pm | |
| Can't remember one like that being here .Interesting, I await news of ID. | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:33 pm | |
| Cheryl, that is my son's hand... he isn't an outdoor worker... unless he has to be Still waiting for a definite ID. Was one reply but didn't quite fit... a Desert Tree Frog, Litoria rubella... it is supposed to have colouring inside its thighs. I'll wait and see if there are any other replies. Betty, we get those burrowing ones too http://gardendelights.forumco.com/topic~TOPIC_ID~3085.asp Karingal, your frogs might just be shy | |
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Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:12 am | |
| Looks like Litoria wilcoxi to me.. Maybe a young one.. | |
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Betty Gardener
Posts : 1067 Join date : 2009-03-17 Location : North west Victoria
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:19 am | |
| Gail, alas, my burrowing frog here is very drab compared to yours. It just looks brown all over, no markings. Cute though. | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:37 am | |
| Mary-Anne, we also get the Stoney Creek Frog, Litoria wilcoxi, they are common here, but they have black markings on their thighs, this new one doesn't have any other markings except on its face. This is a Stoney Creek frog we've found | |
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Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:54 pm | |
| Gail I know that I remember from when you posted that pic before.
Not all Litoria wilcoxi have markings on them like that some Males dont. They just go that yellow colour in the mating season..
It will certainly be interesting to see which of the Litoria species it is. | |
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please remove me Garden Sherpa
Posts : 159 Join date : 2009-03-15
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:07 pm | |
| I love frogs. We have mostly beige coloured frogs here. I wish I had your knowledge in identifying them. ONe day I will spend the time to do that ....
I had to rescue one from the toilet bowl rim in my accommodation the other day - it must have jumped in through the window as the insect screen is off the bathroom window there. It took a few flushes for me to get it in a cloth and take it outside. | |
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Richard Assistant Gardener
Posts : 591 Join date : 2009-03-15 Age : 63 Location : Hurunui District South Island NZ
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:12 pm | |
| - Karingal wrote:
- How cute...he is lovely, Gail. I've given up hoping to spot ours. I have spotted three frogs in all the years they have been here....sigh..
Faye i havn't seen a frog since 1988 the last time i was in oz,but i did hear one last winter. | |
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Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:47 pm | |
| Pamela you need a fish net...I think...What a job.. I can imagine it hopping around the bowl and getting under the rim.. | |
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tessa Garden Sherpa
Posts : 378 Join date : 2009-03-15 Location : Dangling from the planet's bottom
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:26 pm | |
| oh...i am so jealous of all your beautiful frogs! | |
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Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:36 am | |
| The experts have spoken on the frog ID site apparently it is definitely a Desert Tree Frog, Litoria rubella. Mary-Anne, black markings on the thighs of Stony Creek frogs is an identifying feature, it is the yellow colouring that is variable. Pamela, they are such slippery little things, it would be a difficult job to get one out I didn't realise there were so many different frogs around here at first, thought they were all just tree frogs until I started looking at them harder. I don't know how many different ones we've found now... one of these days I will have to go through all my photos and work it out. | |
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Jennywren Garden Sherpa
Posts : 185 Join date : 2009-04-03 Location : WA's Great Southern
| Subject: Re: Haven't seen one quite like this one here before Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 am | |
| It's always good to get an Id...yay. Cute frog.. | |
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