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This guy looks pale compared to his neighbors that live in the pond. Seems there are 3 different kinds or colors of frogs in the pond.On a rare ocassion they share the same rock to bask. This one is not afraid of me or skiddish like the silly bullfrog that leaps in the water everytime I get near.
The Four-lined, or Common, Tree Frog.
Family : RHACOPHORIDAE
Species : Polypedates leucomystax
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 7.5 cm, Male 5.5 cm
The common tree frog is a highly adaptable, arboreal species which occurs in a variety of habitats including forest edge, agricultural clearings, wetlands, shallow pools and semi-urban areas. Often found perched on leaves and branches 1-3m above the ground, usually in the vicinity of water.
During rainstorms this frog is easily located by its distinctive call, which is a loud, duck-like 'quack'.
It breeds at the margins of shallow pools, where it constructs a foam nest on vegetation or rocks, which protects the fertilized eggs. The tadpoles develop inside the foam nest, and either tumble into the pool below as they grow bigger, or are washed into the pool during showers of rain. The tadpoles are large (up to 3 cm), and may be identified by the presence of a pale spot at the tip of the snout.
Some of the statues in the DPRK defy description. Here a chorus band of painted stone frogs adorns the roadside in Wonsan.
Caught this little fella in the ancient cemetery... released straight away, of course. Little star frog :)
I was at the Zoo, when I spotted this little guy on a leaf. The Zoo guy told me it was "just a motorbike frog".
Motorbike Frog (Litoria moorei)
The southwest's most commonly encountered frog. A large, powerfully built frog with relatively long hind limbs. Back colour is extremely variable ranging from green with gold mottling (after basking in sunlight) to an almost uniform dark brown (colder conditions). The belly is pale green to light brown. The end of the fingers and toes have obvious discs and the toes are partially webbed. Males have black 'nuptial' pads on outer surface of thumbs during breeding season. Length up to 7.5 cm.
The call has two components: a rising series of tones similar to a motorbike changing gears, followed by a series of warbling growls. The call can only be heard within a few hundred metres
In the japanese garden. Tennessee Iris Garden at Ellington Agricultural Center and Park, Nashville, Tennessee.
Un énorme ouaouaron (Bullfrog) se prélasse dans le lac de retenue du Parc de la Frayère à Boucherville.