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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJan 19, 12 Comments Off
Good morning friends, last night after getting home from work it poured, and like magic there were little Tree Frogs, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei jumping around everywhere! Honestly our back deck was covered in these little frogs, I have never seen that many here before! So I did what any dedicated photographer would do, I ran in and grabbed my 105 macro and spent the night outside in the rain! I found this sweet little beauty singing in our big potted plant that we have by the back door, he was loving the rain! This very small tree frog is thought to be introduced to Curacao in the eighties. Probably the frogs or their eggs were hidden in potting soil from Venezuela. Actually the frog belongs in the humid environments of the South American rain-forests. Here in Curacao this little frog cannot live outside of urban areas, like our deserts or North Coast areas, it has to be in areas that are getting watered regularly. It prefers potted plants or plants which hold a bit of water themselves like bromeliads. One may hear the melodious whistle of this Tree Frog in many places all over the island but their favorite places to live are in the well watered bushes of your favorite resort. Although the whistling reminds some people of romantic tropical nights the sound they make can be quite irritating especially if your new to the island. When we first arrived it drove me crazy at night but now I can’t seem to sleep without it. The frequency used by the frogs is such that the sound is very difficult to locate, an excellent adaptation for fooling would be predators but quite annoying if your a photographer with a camera and you can hear them but can’t find them?? Here is Curacao the locals call these frogs “Koki” and in Dutch, your goning to love this one, it’s called a “Fluitkikker” yeah say that one 10 times real fast! The downside to my night of fun-with-frogs is that I got badly stung by a some wasps that were hiding in a hidden nest on this same plant! My hand this morning looks like I am wearing a baseball glove, truly amazing! I doesn’t really hurt it’s just swollen beyond belief and yes I did put ice on it most of the night and took some medication, that didn’t really seem to help!
Well, it just started to rain again, I need to go and clear water off our deck and check for any more stranded tree frogs.
Have a wonderful day folks!! Barry
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