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Another Red Eyed TreeFrog shot from Costa Rica. These red flower stalks made perfect perching tools in the forest!
Mark, the Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) changes colors, not typically to blend into an environment, but based on temperature and mood. This is similar to chameleons, who often communicate with one another through their flashy displays. Interestingly, the treefrog's skin is fused to his skull, an adaptation that minimizes water loss. Also, so invasive is this species that if you get caught selling one in Hawaii (where the these frogs have colonized Oahu), you could wind up in jail and paying fines of up to $25,000!
Mark lives in captivity after being rescued from what would have been an ill-fated trip stowing away on a greenhouse shipment.
A lovely start to the morning but it was near a hundred today. The little Tree Frogs were chilling out by the pond.
So i`m on line at Home Depot buying a new Rhododendron and something starts moving about in the plant and hopping across the leaves and sure enough it`s this little green tree frog commonly found in the southern states. (The cashier being the girlie girl that she was got skeeved out by it and didn`t appreciate when i went RRAAAA! at her when she went to scan the upc code...lol.) It stayed in the plant no problem for the ride home and was resting comfortably still on the plant in the backyard till i started poking my camera in his face. The Rhodo did have aphids on it when i puchased it and i`d say it was safe to assume that he was feeding on the aphids. (BTW, it was a mild case of aphidism and on a strong plant they generally cause no harm, especially when being eaten! )
I left him on the bush and i`ll let him ride out the rest of the hot NY summer in which i`m sure he`ll feed plenty and live happily.
This little chap made a big croak to my surprise, and I discovered him resting on a perch, wrapped in leaf blankets.
Nikon Z fc, Nikkor Z MC 50mm, Nikon R1C1
f22, 1/125, ISO100
European treefrog.
Last Saturday looking for this beautiful creatures. Took a while to find them.
On tripod with release cable, via Liveview.
Red Eyed Treefrog in the rain at Laguna in Costa Rica. I loved seeing all the different types of frogs that lived over the pools, high up in the palm trees. It made me wonder how they got up there!
He lived outside my very primitive cabin in the wilderness . He wasn't camera shy as long as you showed distance and respect which taught us both. They sing so well
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Two species of Treefrog from the same pool of water. The Arizona Tree Frog (Hyla wrightorum) and the Canyon Treefrog (Hyla arenicolor) both inhabit temporary pools where rain water collects during the early monsoon for breeding. Most of the reproductive cycle takes place during the first heavy rains, but some Canyon Treefrogs will live within permanent creeks, rivers, and lakes where various life stages may be found intermittently.
He's about one inch long -- so tiny I almost missed him when trimming the sea grape bush. It's unusual to spot a yellow squirrel treefrog. They mostly come in greens or browns. Gold Medalist - Color Green, October Contest - 2010. Winner, animal portrait contest, Love It! level 3, June 2012.
Growing up to 2.5" long, the Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) is common along southern Atlantic states. Photographed here is a froglet about the size of a dime. In a master defensive play, he sat completely still for the photo session, hoping that I wouldn't notice--and possible eat--him. After all, he had no way of knowing that I wasn't interested in a predator/prey relationship!
As he grows, he himself will feast on many an insect, and these hunts will take him to many places. While he prefers densely vegetated, wet areas, some green treefrogs have been found hanging around people's porches--there, where patio lights attract battalions of insects--the ravenous frogs batten upon unsuspecting moths with vigor.
When I approached this nest box from afar, I expected that the head would be that of a young Tree Swallow, the species that usually occupies this box. Instead, I found this guy who may be smirking at me or may just be a happy fellow.
I assume it is a Gray or Cope's Gray Tree Frog.
The Lowland Burrowing Treefrog (Smilisca fodiens) is one of Arizona's most unique inhabitants calling the low desert of south central Arizona home. It emerges only for the summer monsoon rains to breed in temporary puddles of water where a large number of frogs can be found in a single pool creating a chorus that can be heard from a very far distance. Here is a loud chorus heard following a heavy monsoon storm!