Karawatha Forest
There was a bit of rain about on Saturday night, so some friends and I decided to go down to Karawatha Forest to have a poke around. We heard and saw lots of eastern sedgefrogs (Litoria fallax), plus we heard another species that I’m yet to identify.
Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax).
Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax).
Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax).
Eastern sedgefrog (Litoria fallax). This is a fairly common (tree) frog pose.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Did you record the other species?
Evan
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Nope, I’m not that organised! I’ve been trying to find a species list for the forest. When I get that I’ll listen to the calls of those species and see if I can figure it out. I’ll take my video camera next time so I can record some sound.
Stewart
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I’ve heard you get Litoria brevipalmata there, but not too sure of that. I’d take a wild guess and go with Litoria gracilenta, just because it’s very rare to hear but still a common species.
Evan
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Hi Evan,
Litoria brevipalmata is found there, but it wasn’t the species I heard calling. It wasn’t L. gracilenta either. There was a colony of this unknown species in a flooded area by a path. They were calling from thick vegetation, which made tracking down an individual impossible for us.
Stewart
September 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Uperoleia are calling like crazy down here at the moment, and because of the way they project their call are bloody hard to find.
Evan
September 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Yeah, I heard some Uperoleia calling the other week (not at Karawatha), but even three of us trying to triangulate their location didn’t work.
Stewart
September 26th, 2008 at 12:12 am
G’day Stewart,
Very nice froggie shots.
Are you sure the top one is Litoria fallax?
http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/herpscommon/JCUDEV_006356
GB
Dennis
September 26th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Such stunning photos of very cute Frogs. First photo is truly beautiful.
Cheers.
Denis.
September 26th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Hi Dennis,
Are you sure the top one is Litoria fallax?
Yep. It’s a species with considerable variation in colouration. Besides, if it wasn’t L. fallax, Evan would have corrected me immediately!
Stewart
September 26th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Nice photos – I like the way you have descirbed the last photo as a ‘typical’ frog pose. If a frog did that here in the UK I’d be mighty impressed
lol
September 27th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Thanks Neil,
I guess I should say it’s a fairly typical tree frog pose. Ground-dwelling frogs would obviously have a bit of difficulty getting into that position!
Stewart