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
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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? 😉