You don’t have to go to a tropical rainforest to find extraordinary frogs. On the last day of my #frog week I present you: The European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea). It’s the only frog in central Europe that can climb trees and walls thanks to the adhesive discs on its toes, like spiderman - just better. Unfortunately, it’s endangered like most frogs.
This month starts with an F like in frog. Reason enough to declare #frog week. I start with the Harlequin tree frog, also known as hourglass treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
That little one can be surprisingly loud…
Look who I found in the greenhouse yesterday (I almost stepped on him). I think it's Cope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. I'm in Michigan, Zone 6a, where two feet of snow is slowly melting. #frog#amphibian
A fibula (pin for fastening garments) in the form of a #frog. Animal-shaped fibulae were popular in the northwestern provinces of the #Roman empire. It has been suggested that frogs had an apotropaic value (i. e. to avert evil), but there is no evidence for this