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Comment on One in the pouch by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:18:21 +0000

Once the building inspection was complete she just quietly hopped around the knoll, down the bank through some shallow water and across to a different area of swamp. We were hoping she kept the pouch tightly closed as she went through the water!

Comment on One in the pouch by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:05:43 +0000

Yes Denis she’s a really pretty swampy and the colour in front of her ears seems to have deepened as she has aged.

Comment on One in the pouch by Snail

Snail — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:04:18 +0000

Goodness, look at that lovely little face. Mum really does look as though she’s doing a building inspection in that top photo.

Comment on One in the pouch by peonyden

peonyden — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:50:54 +0000

Very brightly coloured Swampy.
my locals tend to be much darker.
That is typical of animals spread over a great range.
Nice to see her Joey.
Denis

Comment on Out of the Swamp by One in the pouch « Wild Wings & Swampy Things

One in the pouch « Wild Wings & Swampy Things — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:46:35 +0000

[...] have previously written about a female swamp wallaby, that we were seeing quite regularly, becoming quite used to our presence. One of her daughters [...]

Comment on Litoria junggay? by peonyden

peonyden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:18:14 +0000

Thanks Snail and Barbara

Well I agree these frogs are very confusing.
It worked on me.

Cheers
Denis

Comment on Litoria junggay? by Snail

Snail — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:52:56 +0000

Barbara, I’m sticking with L. jungguy until someone provides a way of identifying the little leapers in the wild! I still haven’t seen males around here — these pictures are terrific.

These frogs are really confusing, Denis! Judging from the map I’ve got here, your neck of the woods appears to be in the general area where L. lesueuri and L. wilcoxi meet along the edge of the ranges. In that paper I referenced, their northernmost specimen of L. lesueuri was Glenbrook Creek and the southermost of L. wilcoxii around Georges River and Douglas Park. Apparently, if an adult frog has blue spots on the posterior of the thigh, it is definitely L. lesueuri. But that doesn’t apply to juveniles and metamorphs. And not all adult L. lesueuri have the spots. So not a lot of help.

Comment on Litoria junggay? by peonyden

peonyden — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:27:06 +0000

Thanks for the images, Barbara, and for contributing to Snail’s discussion.
Frogs are either very confusing, or the taxonomists are hopelessly confused, or both.
I have posted about a tiny Tree Frog I found which “matched” (as closely as I could tell) the ID of Littoral lesueuri.
But my frog was tiny.
And in a back yard, not near a running stream.
Not was it capable of making an impression on any brick.
It would cover a reasonable sized pebble, certainly not a rock, let alone a brick.
See my post on 4 April 2010.
http://peonyden.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/tree-frog-and-two-frogmouths-in-tree.html

i am more confused than ever.
(Not your fault)
Thanks for the post, especially with the froggy photos.

Cheers
Denis

Comment on January highlights by Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:37:22 +0000

I like watching Drongos and they have a marvellous array of strange calls – I’d really be quite tolerant of them except that I just love seeing that great big Heron.

Comment on January highlights by Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:28:41 +0000

So do the Wandering Whistling ducks leave Tyto after heavy rain? The BBs will probably return Tony, it looks like we’re going to have rain in the next few days.