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Little Gray Treefrog found in a houseplant. The houseplant spent some time last summer out on the patio and came indoors in the fall. The frog likely hitched a ride inside and did a good job hiding until a few days ago. That's right, we find wild frogs even in the dead of winter:).
It's too cold and snowy to be evicted and too many hazards to be allowed to roam free indoors. I had a spare terrarium on hand so it will be nice and cozy until it's warm enough for the frogs triumphant return to nature in the spring.
Lighting Info:
-Sunpak 433d camera right and a little front, and one camera left and a little behind. Both in homemade strip boxes.
-Bare sb-28 at background, a yellow curtain pressed into service.
-Triggered with rf-602s.
Just playin around on a friday. Got a treefrog tat on my right shoulderblade wednesday.
2008 YEAR OF THE FROG!
(thanks conwest)
a scanned Australian postcard with the country's most charismatic and charming green treefrog (Litoria caerulea)
I was fortunate enough to find at least 50 Tree Frogs at Jericho Park today (I did spend about 3 hours looking for them).
Did you know that gray treefrogs are only active at night? During the day, you might spot them hiding out and blending in. This one was hanging out on a porch with a spring peeper nearby.
Video by Megan Seymour/USFWS.
European tree frog (Hyla arborea). I set out to photograph some hoverflies, but instead found some tree frogs. since it was not that sunny they were not very active and easy to observe.
from Reserva Ecológica Tamandua, Ecuador (open to researchers, birdwatchers and photographers): www.yanacocharescue.org/tamandua-ecologic-reserve, additional photos at www.flickr.com/andreaskay/sets/72157671181153332
Hyla regila on Garry oak
It disgusts me to think that 50% of all amphibian species are expected to go extinct within the next several decades. This is due to several factors including an exotic fungus that affects frogs, exacerbated by warming and drying conditions in many places. I'm sure the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation are in there too! Afterall, 80% of the wetlands in southern Canada have been lost/drained already.
A warning! Many native cultures here on the BC coast have legends and lessons about the frog. One of my favorites is from the Haisla people. An elder once told me that Haisla traditional belief is that frogs are to be respected. Whatever you do to a frog will happen to you! Traditionally when Haisla people encuontered a frog they would say "Nolah, nolah, nolah" which means "respect, respect, respect".
A tree frog designed by Robert Lang folded by me from a square of double tissue paper. I made a blog post about it www.origami-brasil.com/2020/04/a-ra-e-os-enxertos-no-orig... (pt-br)
This little fellow was tucked in the Blackberry leaves. Quite the accommodating little frog. It let us snip the leaf and shoot from every angle. If all subjects were so willing to be photographed!
Hyla andersonii from South Carolina. One of two individuals heard calling from the edge of a small pond in a recent clearcut.
I found these squirrel treefrogs (Hyla squirella) in a pvc pipe in the wetland area near Friday Hall on February 20, 2018. Placing pvc pipes and other similar objects is actually a method used to monitor hylid frog populations and their distributions. When the pipes are placed correctly, they provide a suitable environment for the frogs to take refuge during the day when they are generally inactive. Many species of treefrogs benefit from artificial hiding places like these, even when they aren't there for this purpose. This relationship between treefrogs and humans could be considered commensalism since it does not directly help or hurt people but it does benefit the frogs. However, I would also say it is a form of mutualism since treefrogs provide the ecological service of pest management. Treefrogs and frogs in general consume enormous amounts of insects during the warmer months, including mosquitoes. This benefits humans by reducing the risk of contracting an insect-transmitted disease.
Source: www.jstor.org/stable/3877983?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Same Frog, Different Log as www.flickr.com/photos/bprobin/8393561218/in/photostream
I've been trying out different ways of making a background that's neither too boring nor too distracting and also somewhat complimentary to the froggy. This is the same background material as the previous photo, but not as wrinkly means less tonal variation in it.
Lighting Info:
-Sunpak 433d camera right and a little front, in homemade strip box.
-Sunpak 433d camera left fired through 60cm round diffusion panel
-Bare sb-28 at background, a yellow curtain pressed into service.
-Triggered with rf-602s.