While cleaning out part of the back garden I stumbled upon this little motorbike frog (Litoria moorei) sunbathing on a sheet of galvanised steel. These little ground dwelling tree frogs are named after the male frog’s mating call, resembling a motorbike changing up gears. Especially after the last of the winter rains and into the early breeding season it sounds like a scene from Easy Rider. Click on the mp3 below, close your eyes and imagine cruising on you own Harley!
Published on September 21, 2014
Motorbike frog – Born To Be Wild
Amazing Maurice! They’ll have me looking over my shoulder and ducking out of the way of that motorbike!
They are pretty cool creatures indeed. Imagine the noise around a pond, it’s Le Mans!
😉 brrrrrrr… brmmm brmmmm! 😀
A Harley I say – no doubt!
I love the sound of the motorbike frog! Great photo too. Thanks so much Maurice~~
You’re welcome Jet; those frogs are hilarious, especially in summer when they sound like cars a speedway!
That’s one really interesting name, Maurice 🙂
Perfect shot and the mp3 really gives us a feel of the ambiance…
Thank you for sharing and have a good day ahead 🙂
Thank you Sreejith 😀 Isn’t the sound impressive?! Hope you enjoy your weekend too.
How awesome! I would never have guessed that to be a frog:)
Fantastic! Love it! We get hundreds of frogs croaking during summer roads.
Do they get competition from other Bikie gangs? 😉