tropicbreeze
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While Hinchinbrook was great for hiking, now that I'm back home I've done better herping in my own garden. It was a timely arrival for one of my Green Tree Frogs. In the evening I heard the frog 'screaming" for help. Went out to see what all the ruckus was about and there was this Slatey-grey with it's head inside the pipe that one of the GTFs inhabits in the carport. It had hold of the frog and was determined to not let go. I've never seen a Slatey-grey climb up that high above the ground, up steel pipes. Anyway, I 'extracted' the snake and sent it on its way.
How could you let something like this get eaten by a snake:
A day after the ordeal it seems to have got over it.
One of its friends that lives in the garden. Always see the odd one all through the dry (winter) season. And at the moment they're all green.
Most common through the dry season is Roths. They keep getting into the house and often remain undetected until they dessicate. If I find them first then they're evicted. If not, they're vacuumed.
I think this is Litoria tornieri, pretty common once the weather warms up a bit with some humidity.
Don't know the ID of this one, some sort of burrowing frog?
I'm not saying this one was the culprit in the before mentioned attack, they're quite common throughout the year.
I wonder if they're related to Ostriches? This one put it's head under the leaves. Probably got sick of the torch light on it all the time. It stayed still like that for quite a while.
Still on the search
Some thing no frog wants to see
A Darwin Carpet, 'hanging out' just before dusk.
Waiting for something to pass by.
I think it was in the process of shedding its skin.
Don't often see the Green Tree Snake out at night. But it has been pretty hot during the daytime.
It was initially on the ground but quickly got up the nearest tree when I spotted it.
It was a bit put out by the light.
Looked like it had some sort of parasite along the rear half of its body.
I've seen that before on a GTS. A couple of years back I caught one with a bad infestation without much difficulty and took it to the Territory Wildlife Park vets.
No night would be complete without a Gecko. Although, they tend to be very elusive and muck things up by getting up against a difficult background.
How could you let something like this get eaten by a snake:
A day after the ordeal it seems to have got over it.
One of its friends that lives in the garden. Always see the odd one all through the dry (winter) season. And at the moment they're all green.
Most common through the dry season is Roths. They keep getting into the house and often remain undetected until they dessicate. If I find them first then they're evicted. If not, they're vacuumed.
I think this is Litoria tornieri, pretty common once the weather warms up a bit with some humidity.
Don't know the ID of this one, some sort of burrowing frog?
I'm not saying this one was the culprit in the before mentioned attack, they're quite common throughout the year.
I wonder if they're related to Ostriches? This one put it's head under the leaves. Probably got sick of the torch light on it all the time. It stayed still like that for quite a while.
Still on the search
Some thing no frog wants to see
A Darwin Carpet, 'hanging out' just before dusk.
Waiting for something to pass by.
I think it was in the process of shedding its skin.
Don't often see the Green Tree Snake out at night. But it has been pretty hot during the daytime.
It was initially on the ground but quickly got up the nearest tree when I spotted it.
It was a bit put out by the light.
Looked like it had some sort of parasite along the rear half of its body.
I've seen that before on a GTS. A couple of years back I caught one with a bad infestation without much difficulty and took it to the Territory Wildlife Park vets.
No night would be complete without a Gecko. Although, they tend to be very elusive and muck things up by getting up against a difficult background.
