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Litoria peronii
This species adapts an incredible variety of colours, with the ability to change it in less than one hour. It varies in shades of grey and brown, where its lightest is almost white. Occasionally emerald spots are found on the back, as can be seen here, It's pupils are also a distinctive cross shape. Aprox 3.5 cm to 6 cm
Found it on tarpaulin covering a backyard trampoline after rains
Spotted on Jun 15, 2011
Submitted on Jun 15, 2011
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This is exactly the frog that I sighted on my front verandah but that I identified as L. tyleri due to the lack of pit and groin markings. Maybe mine is L. peronii after all;-)
I see what you mean. That's an excellent site, btw, from what I saw.
Depends on your definition of a maniacal cackle I guess, I found this site, http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Litori... which has a recording of its call.
That's an interesting name for the frog; does it really sound like that?
Thank you, Hope I can contribute
Welcome to Project Noah Mak.!! we have Christianne and Lori tas from Australia besides many others from Australia in this project .
I did read that animals use visual cues in helping themselves in camouflaging.