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Litoria caerulea
The first Green Tree Frog of the Wet Season!!! This is a nighttime shot. Walked outside to hang the washing and saw this gorgeous frog. Probably enjoying a cooler night than the humid day. It was approximately 11cm (4.3 inches) long. A very large bright Green Tree Frog with a robust broad body and short limbs. The fingers and toes have very large expanded discs on the ends and the toes are fully webbed. A pair of large partoid glands extend back from the eye on to the shoulders. (Museum WA)
Sitting on the Frangipani tree (Plumeria sp.) outside the back door.
The skin secretions of the frog have antibacterial and antiviral properties that may prove useful in pharmaceutical preparations and which have rendered it relatively immune to the population declines being experienced by many species of amphibian. (Wiki)
Spotted on Oct 19, 2015
Submitted on Oct 19, 2015
15 Comments
Thank you Lauren! I agree...very interesting reading. That would be right up your alley hey? :) Liana
Belated congratulations on a lovely SOTD! Fascinating about the antibacterial and antivirus properties of their skin!
Thank you Antonio! I'm still stoked :)
Great find Amadeus 4,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Thank you guys! I'm absolutely wrapped :D
@ Mark ~ still waiting for that rain... :)
Nice SOTD. Congratulations. Now he can lay back and wait for the rains.
Congratulations, armadeus.4! Awesome spotting.
Congratulations Armadeus !
Congratulations armadeus.4!
Wow! Thank you so much for choosing this gorgeous Green Tree Frog as Spotting of the Day :)
Congrats armadeus.4, this chubby little tree frog has been chosen as our Spotting of the Day!
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Thanks Mark :) I sure hope so! Love these guys :D
Soon they'll be in every moist corner :) Nice shots.
Thank you Antonio!!! You're very welcome :)
Awesome capture armadeus.4,congrats and thanks for sharing