One of the best advantages of shade gardening is the friends you meet.

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"While most frogs spend the winter deep underwater, where the temperature never reaches sub-freezing, the wood frog doesn't need to bother with all that!" - KIM, Wood Frog | Week of November 8th, Frog of the Week #frogoftheweek #frogs #woodfrog #WorldFrogDay #Kim
"These processes will begin again when the frog thaws in the spring, at which point the breeding season will commence, as will the choruses." - KIM, Wood Frog | Week of November 8th, Frog of the Week #frogoftheweek #frogs #woodfrog #FirstDayofSpring #Kim
"While the water outside of the frog's cells may freeze, the water inside its cells will not." - KIM, Wood Frog | Week of November 8th, Frog of the Week #frogoftheweek #frogs #woodfrog #WorldWaterDay #Kim

This tiny fellow, seen in wetlands next to the South Saskatchewan river is a Wood Frog, Rana sylvania.

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When we were staying in the Daintree, on two nights we dined at the restaurant attached to the Daintree Eco-Lodge. The food was delicious (but on the higher price side), but more importantly there were frogs in the and around the large pond next to the dining area. They had this peculiar call, which I sent to the FrogID team (using their app) and they identified it as Papurana daemeli: https://www.frogid.net.au/frogs/papurana-daemeli

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Papurana daemeli

A large species of frog reaching up to 8 cm in body length. It has a brown, dark brown or bronze back, with a distinct brown stripe from the tip of the snout to the lower back that divides the back from the side, sometimes clearly separating the different colours of each area. There is a white stripe along the upper lip. The belly is white. The pupil is horizontal, and the iris is gold. The legs and arms have pale brown horizontal bars. Fingers are unwebbed and toes are fully webbed, both with small discs. It is the only Australian frog species with a vocal sac that inflates on both sides of the jaw.