European Gardening: Tree Frogs at home :), 1 by philomel

philomel wrote:
I'm really excited to find that one of the animals that I really wanted to see, but didn't think I ever would, is here :oD
Tree frogs don't occur in England, but there are two species living in mainland europe. There is the Common European Tree Frog and the Stripeless Tree Frog (which has an eye stripe LOL, but not the continuous stripe down the rest of its body). The Stripeless lives in Spain and SW France, the Common over a large part of europe, though not the UK. Their ranges do coincide a little, but where both occur, the Stripeless tends to live at higher altitudes than the other.

I got back late one night to find a Stripeless Tree Frog clinging to the outside of the french windows. After that, I saw one a couple more times - walking across the kitchen floor and then on my son's T-shirt while we were sitting outside chatting.
Here he is (the frog, not my son ;)


This message was edited Nov 1, 2004 9:26 PM