We have a New Friend.
He doesn't say much. He's very cute. He's very shy. He's very green. He's very small.
He eats bugs.
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| Our New Friend |
He is an Australian Green Tree Frog, his species name is Litoria Caerulea...fancy that!
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| Our Frog Friend |
I found him on the front step of the Church, directly underneath the light.
He wasn't bothered by my presence, he was too busy waiting for a bug to show up so he could have it for dinner!
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| Our friend the Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria Caerulea) |
He can grow up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) and live up to 16 years in captivity !!!! WOW!
His type were first described here in Australia in 1790 & it is known that Sir Joseph Banks had a specimen in his collection.
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| Our Friend the Australian Green Tree Frog |
Here he is on the wall of our Church, he has a bug in his sights !
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| Our friend The Australian Green Tree Frog |
His dinner consisted of one Grasshopper. I left him there to digest his meal & when I came out again a few hours later, he was nowhere to be seen.
Hopefully he'll show up again sometime soon.... it will be nice to say hello to him again!
We do have a lot of frogs, tree frogs, and toads here... but none so beautiful or as big as yours! Most are smaller than my thumb and very drab. Makes it hard to find them. Thank you for sharing him with us! ~ Lynda
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