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Nephrurus

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As some of you may know, on the east coast around Sydney last night it was hot and humid. So, as storms threatened, we jumped in my car and headed North in search of the elusive green thighed frog Litoria brevipalmata (as well as some others).

Although I didn't photograph every frog we found (my camera battery was dying), I've previously taken photos of this species so have included that photo. I'm putting this in so noone is suspicious when they see a pic they've seen previously.

We started around at site of flooded grassland, searching for some Litoria nasuta, but only found Litoria latopalmata and a few other species Like Limnodynastes dumerili

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These photos were from the Southern Sydney and Yengo NP... I can't recall which sub-species we saw.
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Litoria latopalmata (photo from Yango)
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and Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
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We also found a Swamp snake Hemiapsis signata
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We visited another site to check some flooded creekline which feeds from a rainforest.
We found some huge female Litoria wilcoxi, a few Litoria phyllachroa and a couple of Litoria peroni. Adelotis brevis were calling from along the stream.

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L. wilcoxi
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L.peroni

On the way back we checked an inundated dam to find numerous frog species, including Litoria revelata and Litoria tyleri.

We went to another site to check some flooded paperbark along a gully floor.
A few frogs were calling, but not the targeted Green Thighed frog. We could hear Litoria verreauxii
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L. verreauxi (Yengo animal).
Furthur up the creek we heard some Litoria dentata calling
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Whilst searching for them we heard the unmistakeable Litoria brevipalmata call.
I managed to get a few photos of our quarry! A truly beautiful frog!

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A satisfying night of frogging. I hope theres more nights like that in the following weeks of summer!

All the best,

-H
 
wow love the frogs and really love the snake
 
Great pics there Nephrurus. It's great when you go out herping and you find the species that you have targetted. That Green Thighed Frog is beautiful. cheers,rex
 
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