Striped Marsh Frog Calling

This is a video of the Striped Marsh Frog calling in our pond not long after we released it. As you can see they like to lay their egg mass under or near overhanging vegetation. They call from in the water, note the ripples on its' surface each time the frog calls.

Striped Marsh Frog

We found this Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii), this morning in one of our ponds. This frog can reach up to 65mm long. When this species calls you would think you were at a tennis match. The first photo was taken in the pond and the second one taken in an ice cream container so I could get closer instead of falling in the pond! Then we released it back into the pond.

Frog, Eggs & Slug

It is amazing what a little rain can do for our outside bath tub which has been turned into a fish pond. Our local frog population now claim it as another frog pond and have taken to breeding in there.

The egg mass is most likely of the Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii).

We also have Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis), Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea), and Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria Fallax), to name a few we have seen or heard in our ponds.
Not too good when one of the ponds is near the bedrooms, some nights the sound is deafening.

Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

I came across this slug Triboniophorus graeffei while I was cleaning around one of the ponds.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and Safe 2009.