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another snap from my 'shore shoot'...i was hanging over the bank of the pond with my camera, hence the interesting angle of this portrait
The other kind of treefrog we have here in our corner of Cape Cod is the "Gray Tree Frog" Hyla versicolor. This is one of the babies. They start out green and eventually gradually turn gray over time. They will get to be about the size of a golf ball as an adult - and are all gray. They are vocal at night in late June and July, seemingly turning on and off their calls with the clock... on at 8:00 off at 11:00.
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Sabah Slender Litter Frog (Leptolalax fritinniens) - Danum Valley, Malaysia
This is the first Leptolalax species I have posted so far so I'll take a moment to give some info about this genus. Leptolalax is in the Megophryidae family same as the Horned frogs (Megophrys) and the litter frogs (Leptobrachium) that I have posted in the past. Similar to the other two, members of the Leptolalax genus are also sit and wait predators and can typically be found sitting among the leaf litter at night. Interestingly, most Leptolalax species have been reported from very small areas and only a few species have large areas of occurrence, new species are also somewhat frequently described sometimes by new novel species and perhaps more often as a result of a split of a cryptic species. Leptolalax fritinniens is found in lowland rainforests in Sabah. It was recently split from L. dringi and L. gracilis.
I lifted a plant pot out of a chimney pot garden ornament and found this underneath. There were hundreds of cherry stone husks under the pot, the kernal was eaten out of each one. They were obviously stored on purpose, but by what? I now know what ate the cherry stones, a Wood Mouse. Since the pot was flush to the ground, how did the frog get there?
We saw about 20 frogs in the garden today, mostly males.
23rd March 2016 Home Stafford UK
Appeared from behind a plant pot when we were watering the tomatoes in our garden in Tewkesbury Gloucestershire UK.
This Frog posed so well in the bright sun to show off her anatomy . . . .The nostrils are in front on top of the nose. The big eye are so obvious. Next is the tympanum (ears).
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I spotted the frog earlier being molested by a bunch of brown frogs. I do not know if this colour is normal or if there is something wrong, but when I saw it poking its nose out of the water it looked quite happy. But almost instantly another mob of brown frogs descended on it. I hope to see it all well tomorrow again. Fingers crossed!