{"id":721,"date":"2014-03-29T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T00:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/froggingaround.com\/blog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2014-05-11T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T06:41:33","slug":"better-late-than-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froggingaround.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/better-late-than-never\/","title":{"rendered":"Better late than Never"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good things come to those who wait – and a lot of people had been waiting! Tuesday marked the beginning of what was to be the wettest period in about 9 months, so I jumped at the opportunity to see what amphibian life had taken opportunity of the 70mm downpour.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine; David, kindly agreed to go frogging on very short notice, so we headed to Roy’s Rd, near the scientific area reserve. I haven’t seen a new species in over a year so hoped I might have out there. Despite hearing and seeing several frog species, none of which were new to me.<\/p>\n

\"Graceful<\/a>
Graceful treefrog (Litoria gracilenta<\/i>) displaying characteristic purple colouring behind legs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was however very pleased to have snapped some much better photos of the Copper-backed broodfrog (Pseudophryne raveni<\/i>), of which I haven’t found often before.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
Copper-backed broodfrog (Pseudophryne raveni<\/i>). A very difficult species to find hidden amongst decaying leaf litter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Copper-backed<\/a>
Copper-backed broodfrog (Pseudophryne raveni<\/i>). They have a quite monotone copper back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wallum<\/a>
Wallum froglet (Crinia tinnula<\/i>), a threatened species<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Belly<\/a>
Belly shot of the wallum froglet (Crinia tinnula<\/i>). Crinia species can be very difficult to distinguish, so often the only way to tell are by the patterning\/markings on their stomach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We found a few other species, the green treefrog (Litoria caerulea<\/i>) and the striped wallum frog (Litoria freycineti<\/i>), before heading off home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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