Uninvited Guests.............

I photographed these frogs inside the house at night, using flash,so the quality..errr....  After photographing the two specimens, the identification drill! They turned out to be Termite Nest Frog/Ramanella variegata. There are some interesting facts about these croackers on this wikipedia page.











Posted for Macro Monday.

It's Time To Croak...........

voir à travers la grenouille

Jerdon's Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus)

I saw this frog in  Shan's garden about two weeks ago, and got him to take a few snaps for me. I had never seen one of those before, so I uploaded this photo here and requested an identification. My friend  Ruchira then confirmed it was a  Jerdon's Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus).
Shan, Ruchira, Thank you Guys!

Today In The Garden....................

Hi all, it's been some time since my last post, for my faithful point-and- shoot is no more. :-(  It'll take some time to have a new toy. I'm doing a bit of wildlife gardening till then. Here are some critters that I captured in the garden today with a cam a friend of mine lent me. I've mot identified some of them, and let you know if I do.  I'll be grateful if you could help me there too.

Yellow-Billed Babblers(Turdoides affinis)

  Three-stripped Palm squirrel

 

Variable Flutterer Dragonfy

 Chocolate Soldier butterfly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Skipper frog / Skittering frog (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis)

I've seen these little frogs abundant in wet zone lowland fresh water habitats of Sri Lanka.  I took this photo yesterday at a pond made to water some crops, at Alawwa, a wet zone lowland area. I don't know  the exact distribution of this frog in Sri Lanka yet.           

A Frog In The Workplace

I saw this frog on a wall inside a ward at our hospital last Thursday. My friend Bushana at Lakdasun helped me to identify it. I'll quote him below.


"It is Spotted tree frog (Polypedates maculatus) probably the most common tree frog of Sri Lanka widely distributed in both dry and wet zone lowlands. It is often encountered in anthropogenic habitats such as inside bathrooms, banana groves..etc during day time."


Thank you Bushana!

By the way, there'll be another butterfly video the morow! Learn more about Spotted tree frog............