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Litoria infrafrenata
Also known as the Giant Tree Frog, Litoria infrafrenata is the world's largest tree frog. This species is native to the rainforests of northern Queensland, Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands and the Admiralty Islands. This frog is nocturnal.
Observed amidst ornamental vegetation (perched here on Dracaena surculosa) in a semi-urban environment of houses and gardens, not far from a disturbed patch of remnant of forest.
My wife told me there was a "red-throated" frog outside. That sounded like "new spotting" to me, so I grabbed my camera. The flash revealed that the frog was sporting neckwear, a bract of Bougainvillea!
52 Comments (1–25)
Thanks venus :-)
W-O-W!!!! SPECTACULAR SPOTTING SCOTT! MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS!!!! keep up the good work, scott!
Thanks Reza! and belated thanks to Ursula!
Beautiful !
Hehe. That must have been one interesting spotting! :)
I like the 3rd picture the most :)
Thank you Isabella!
Incredibly beautiful !!!
Thanks again Mayra!
Wow!! FABULOUS!!! Lovely colours!
Thanks Again EVERYONE!
Love these! They make me smile. Congratulations!
Nice picture, Scott - but you might have removed that purple price-tag first :D
(just joking....wonderful capture!)
Absolutely LOVE this photo series! SUPERB!
(... I wonder if the tree frogs here could be persuaded to wear Bougainvillea?!)
The females of this species often attain a Snout-to-vent length of up to 12.5cm (5") the males usually slightly smaller
Thank you ALL!
:-) I've loved this frog for two months!
Congratulations Scott.
Wow! That is adorable. Love his neck-tie! :D
congratulations! Mr. Frazier for another well deserved SOTD... : )
Wow!
Congratulations S Frazier
Oh Wow! Again? I am truly honored! Thank you :-)
Grats! Super cool series :)
I love this frog, Scott! Definitely deserving of a Spotting of the Day!
"Also known as the Giant Tree Frog, the White-lipped Tree Frog is the world's largest of its kind. And it turns out our friend here is sporting pink neckwear, a bract of Bougainvillea!"
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awesome series!