Green Tree Frog 

I absolutely adore frogs especially the green tree frogs that live in our beautiful lush tropical garden in our home in Australia near Byron Bay.

Green Tree frogs are wonderfully curious and have individual personalities and antics. There are quite big ones and also tiny little ones that stick to the windows and look longingly to come inside. They are great for catching insects and have a great song particularly when it rains which it does often during the wet season.

A frog is a popular pet for many children, however I would prefer that they be left to enjoy their natural habitat particularly as many people do not know how to handle a frog properly. If you are going to handle a green tree frog you should only do so with wet hands as it is easy to burn their skin when handled by humans.

Frogs are adorable even from the tadpole stage and we have many tadpoles and young frogs living in one of the ponds in our backyard garden. Green Tree frog tadpoles are quite different looking to many other tadpoles and fortunately significantly different looking to the awful cane toad tadpole.

The cane toad was introduced to Australia during the 1930's with the intention of combating the sugar cane beetle, however the introduced species did nothing to alleviate the beetle problem and became a prolific producer of it's own species and began to destroy many of the indigenous wildlife of Australia.

Many people find it a bit difficult to identify the cane toad or to distinguish a cane toad from another toad or frog, however there are many pictures of frogs and toads available on the internet and in books so once you have a bit of practice it is quite easy.

Another outstanding frog is the Bullfrog. Renowned for its bellowing song and it's passion for living in drain pipes you don't often see the bull frog, however if you are sharing your environment with a bull frog or two you will certainly here them as they call out in very loud song and communicate with each other. Like many other frogs they can be particularly active during rain or wet seasons.

Frogs are beautiful creatures to enjoy so if you have a garden and the right climate make sure you have a pond or water feature with the right conditions and you will attract the local frogs in your area and like with our pond you can develop a natural breeding ground and they will provide you with great music, fun, entertainment and bug catching.

A final word of advice to any new frog enthusiasts, please ensure that if you are not familiar with the frogs that are indigenous to your area get yourself a good frog identification book and check on the internet to make sure you know how to create the right environment for your new amphibian friends.

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