Showers With Frogs

There was a meme (a kind of internet game of 'tiggy') going around a while back... quite a while... that these guys have reminded me of. The whole idea was to decide what your (American) Indian name would be if you could choose (eg, Sitting Bull, Standing Elk, etc). I decided that my name would be Showers With Frogs. We've always allowed the local frogs to live in the house, and naturally they would congregate in the bathroom/shower area. When we lived in the shed at the Caves we had dozens of Green Tree Frogs. Some lived in the drainpipes, some were happy to live in the pot plants, and quite a few of them regularly visited with us as we showered.

Here, there's about 4 of these White's Tree Frogs that live in the bathroom (I could only find two last night). The kids have named them and play with them often. As a result they are very quiet and patient, and seem to enjoy the company. I thought this one was Whiskas (so named because we first found him in the cat bowl), but according to Lara the Frog Wrangler, he was a darker green. She tells me that this one is Spotty.



And this guy is the newcomer. Spaz found him outside and decided that he needed to come inside to live with the others. She was worried that the snake would find him and eat him. He's pretty big, and as he was attempting to climb up the wet tiles in the bathroom he kept slipping down. "Slip slidin' awa-a-a-ay," I was thinking. Hence, he ended up with the name Mr Simon.


There are quite a few species of frogs here, so we'll be keeping an eye out. Any new ones will quickly be documented. They're welcome to stay, but any Cane Toads will quickly be dispatched.
We definitely don't want to see any like this one I found on the net. Maybe THAT explains that rather large thump from the other side of the roller door the other night. Bleeaaarrrggghhh....