…it sat there stuck to the leaf, and I thought for a fleeting moment someone had been very clever and stuck a garden ornament to a plant. I carried on with the weeding I was doing and then took a second look and realised it was a real, live frog! It was coloured such a bright green it simply didn’t look real. I grabbed my ipad and went up close, literally a couple of inches to take photos and it didn’t move. Clearly a brave little fella.
So I looked it up. It’s the Green and Golden Bell Frog, Litoria aurea. Apparently it was introduced from Australia by the Auckland Acclimisation Society in the 1860s.
They are quite unusual in the froggy world in that they like to bask in the sun and are active during the day, which makes sense as it was a bakingly hot day yesterday when I took this photo.
I am still getting myself familiar with the wildlife here. It is very different as you would expect given New Zealand is an island in the ocean.
I will keep you posted on what else I see…
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That’s a lovely photograph! Thanks for sharing it 🙂
Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say
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THaaS: frogs and humor seem to go together…i’ve reposte; thanks for sharing! RT
Thank you, he was a beaut!
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Aha! On first inspection I would have been fooled too! Most frogs don’t hang out on leaves or bask in the sun. Great picture of a beautiful specimen. 🙂
Thanks Janice, it was a little beauty