Litoria ewingi

[leah]

Found this little guy in the pool right after chlorinating... I swished him around in some clean water and am keeping him inside to watch for a few days, but I don't think he's any worse for his exposure to the pool water- he's even been eating some flies!
Anyway, it's not a very good picture, but I thought I'd share. This is the third wild Australian frog species I've found since I moved here, and I hope to see others soon- there are SO MANY!

 

[michael]

He looks JUST like one I'm trying to identify here in the states! Weird.

 

[william]

We have frogs up here in Washington that look almost the same as the one you have there Leah.

 

[leah]

This little guy's colour changing ability is wild- he looked almost white when I found him, and at night is muddy brown, much darker than the picture. I don't know if he was so pale at first from shock of the chlorine or from the colour of the pool liner, but to see him change so much is incredible!

I still have him inside because his skin has blistered a bit, but isn't getting worse- is there anything I can do other than keep him as clean as possible? I have some hibitane cream that I thought might be worth applying, but don't know if it's frog safe. Any suggestions, or do I just leave it as he seems to be healing fine, not getting worse?

 

[benjamin]

I heard of a rather interesting ecofriendly form of swimming pool that wealthier people now have avaliable to them. Swimming ponds. These are ponds which have good ecological balance so apparantly chlorine isn't necessary. Unfortunately to obtain this balance the pond has to be very large, about 280 cubic feet at the minimum. But despite its size and cost it seems like an awesome garden feature. You could have a swimming pool while not having an amphibian death trap, but instead a breeding site.