Pearson's Green Tree Frog at Charlie Moreland

Last night a friend and I went out to the Charlie Moreland Campground, which is a few kilometres south of Kenilworth, to do some bird watching. We walked down to the edge of Little Yabba Creek. When we arrived we heard many frogs calling out. Most of them sounded very familiar, so we didn't look around for them. I am sure they were Copper-backed Toadlets. Directly below us though I heard another frog call, that I have not heard before. In the general area we could hear at least 5 males calling out.

I got several good photos of the frog and managed to get a recording of his call as well. He wasn't very active until the other frogs began to call out in the area again and then he started to move around a lot more and even jump around. We did notice that the frog changed in colour significantly from the time we arrived to the time we left. When we first spotted the frog it was very bright and the pattern on its back was very obvious. After a few minutes it had turned very dark in colour, which made the pattern on its back harder to distinguish.


This frog is called Pearson's Green Tree Frog. Thanks to the people that helped me identify this frog correctly. I did not consider this to be the frog at first as it is not generally this colour. It is generally green in colour, hence the name. The frog also goes by the names Cascade Tree Frog and Mountain Stream Frog.

Pearson's Green Tree Frog from the right side

 

Pearson's Green Tree Frog from the left side

 

Also called the Cascade Tree Frog

 

The same Pearson's Green Tree Frog from above

 

A Pearson's Green Tree Frog partially submerged in the water

 

Another Pearson's Green Tree Frog

 



Another Pearson's Green Tree Frog sitting in very shallow water

 



Also called the Mountain Stream Frog

  

 

This is the recording of the Pearson's Green Tree Frog calling out at Little Yabba Creek just above the fast flowing water.

 

 

 

 

More pics and updates when more frogs are photographed and recorded.