Litoria brevipalmata (Green-Thighed Frog)

IUCN Status: Endangered

This is one of the first species I was fortunate enough to be shown by my friend who’s a frog expert. The newness of frogging coupled with the awakening to the massive declines and extinctions in frog populations, perhaps explains my particular fondness for them.
These frogs are thought to live and forage in leaf letter within rainforest, and wet to slightly dry eucalypt forests. After heavy rain they conjugate around ephemeral (temporary) water bodies, calling for mates. I’ve tried to get good photos of them calling but they sit facing into the water with their front legs in. To get a front on shot, you need to approach from in the water. I think this pose allows them to detect any ripple or disturbance and stop calling, and jump straight in.
The great joy of wildlife photography is: there’s always the next shot waiting for you.