Froggie

Photo courtesy Karen Sherwood

My friend Karen sent me this photo of a California Tree Frog, pseudacris cadaverina. They are native to Topanga. She took this photo in her garden. He's sitting in a dried leaf from our native Coast Live Oaks. You can click on the photo and enlarge it to see his detail.

To give you an idea how tiny he is, here's an oak leaf next to an acorn.

Here's a picture of one I took last year, at the Topanga 10K breakfast, found by a young girl.

These tiny frogs are only one inch long - but boy can they sing! They live in the little streams and cool springs and rocky hollows that still retain a bit of moisture or standing water. And at night they sing! When they sing they blow up their bulbous throats like bubbles.

At night we hear these tiny singers ringing through the canyon.

If you want to hear what they sound like, go Here and click on the audio clips.