So instead of missing the yellow pigment, which is what happens when the skin turns blue, they’d be missing the blue pigment, which makes them yellow, Jodi explained. Or occasionally a yellow green tree frog turns up. Weekly Photo Challenge: Against the odds Click to see images by other bloggers on this theme. She pointed out that sometimes you can also see albino green tree frogs all white, with no pigmentation in their skin. that was just the first one I found but you might poke around and see if there are any examples specifically for small tree frogs). Having been lucky enough to see a tree frog in the Arum Lily, what were the odds of seeing one again, and in another lily? Against the odds I did see one, hanging almost magically on a petal of a Crinum Lily, also near the pond.Īnd also against the odds, I was able to get a photograph on both occasions, the only times I have ever seen a tree frog in a flower. The starry night reed frog Heterixalus alboguttatus and Madagascar blue reed frog H. Though all the members of this species are a brilliant. Sadly, suitable habitat for the Natal Forest Tree Frog ( Leptopelis natalensis) is being lost as land is drained and built on or used for agriculture. The blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) is found in southern Suriname and portions of Brazil. Once the eggs have hatched, the tadpoles wiggle across the ground to the nearby water. For example, frogs in Costa Rica have flanks and legs of blue, orange, red, or purple (Savage and Heyer 1967 Duellman 2001). Moths, mosquitoes, flies and even ticks, are on the menu for this mostly arboreal frog.īreeding pairs come down to the ground to make a shallow nesting burrow near standing water. We live close to the edge of its range, and that reduces the odds of seeing it here, in our inland garden, when they are more common in the coastal region.Īnd another unlikely aspect, when I did see one, it was inside an Arum Lily flower! It might look like its resting in this lily that is growing near the edge of our garden pond, but it is likely to be waiting to ambush any insects attracted to the flower. Seven are ground frogs that do not normally climb and dont have discs on their fingers and toes, and the remainder are tree frogs, some of which are climbers.

The odds against identifying this tree frog were not good, as they have very variable colouration, so I hope that I am right in saying that this is a Natal Forest Tree Frog.

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