No so scary native

pebble · Post by **pebble** » March 4th, 2019, 4:28 pm

Doing a bit of pruning today and general pondering around the bench.
Found this little guy lerking around

Named after tgward’s post, this guy is not so scary

Anyone know what type of frog he is?
Area Wollongong NSW

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MJL · Post by **MJL** » March 4th, 2019, 4:40 pm

It’s called a ‘lucky frog’ ... lucky it doesn’t live near tgward’s joint.

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Max · Post by **Max** » March 4th, 2019, 5:30 pm

pebble · Post by **pebble** » March 4th, 2019, 5:35 pm

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DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » March 4th, 2019, 5:44 pm

Not a lot of diagnostics to work with there.. but Litoria tyleri is a fair shot in my view.

Lots of common names... and, like all frogs, hugely variable colour and pattern.

The ‘star’ pattern in the iris is a nice diagnostic to look for. The ‘laughing’ call is another.

pebble · Post by **pebble** » March 4th, 2019, 7:34 pm

I just looked at how many frogs are around the area... wow yeah probably needed to take a few more photo but he was a little camera shy

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shibui · Post by **shibui** » March 4th, 2019, 10:09 pm

It is a tree frog by the pads on the feet so Litoria is a good start for the genus and should narrow the range quite a lot. Just check and see which Litoria species occur in your area. I think we only have one of them down here - Litoria perroni but ours look quite different to yours. Dave sound like he knows what he's talking about so try following his leads.

pebble · Post by **pebble** » April 19th, 2019, 7:01 pm

Found another little guy hanging around the bench today.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WQfLD_ ... p=drivesdk

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MJL · Post by **MJL** » April 19th, 2019, 8:09 pm

That little guy has a smug little smile. Looks like he’s leaning on his forearm ... reasonably happy in the sun.

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greggles · Post by **greggles** » April 23rd, 2019, 9:24 pm

Almost definite it's a perons tree frog.

Next time ones walking around see if it's got a yellow and black pattern tight between its rear legs. Can be pretty hard to spot though!

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