day two-hundred-and-fifty-three - giant waxy monkey tree frog

that name just sounds like a random collection of words...

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he doesn't look that giant. or that much like a monkey. but he sure is a frog.

he suuuuure is.

xj

p.s. i wish i had a portable pocket scanner because i had to photograph this and then struggle to photoshop it into niceness (i.e. get mr mantis to fix it)

day one-hundred-and-forty-five - white-spotted frog

this australian froggy is so cute

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also his scientific name sounds like a magic spell: heleioporus albopunctatus!
(the equally syllabled words sure help with that)

frogs are in big trouble you guys - you should help if you can, by donating moneys of course but also by giving information on frog calls and where you found them (if you find them). i myself have given money to the ark but i would like to help them with frog distribution knowledge too

until then i hope my drawing is a nice reminder of how cool frogs are

xj

day one-hundred-and-thirty-six - amazon horned frog

hi

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bye!

xj

day sixty-one - strawberry poison dart frog

there aren't many rules to this blog, aside from drawing animals. but one thing i am adamant about is drawing on the day in question, rather than drawing lots of things on one day and posting them later. i thought it would be more interesting that way and that my pictures would then reflect the type of day i've had.

with that in mind...
 

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no i'm not just hanging, or in danger of falling to my death - but the (lack of) quality of this picture really sums up how i feel.

on the other hand, how tasty does this frog sound? (don't eat it, it's poison. and also because it's not nice to eat frogs)

xj

day thirty-seven - another tree frog

amphibians are in trouble! seriously, i know everything is, but still... go here to help.

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how dare i be so demanding when i can't even tell you what type of tree frog this is. fair enough. but really all frogs need help so their name is kind of irrelevant anyway.

well THIS is not a fun post. sorry about that! nature's not always funny you know (only mostly).

xj

day eleven - tree frog

i couldn't tell you which species, but he features heavily in this gallery so he must be important. or rich.

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plus my drawing doesn't look like the photo. it looks BETTER. hey nature, i invented a better frog than you - beat that! (this is most definitely how evolution works)

i'm only provoking nature into a fight to hide my lack of knowledge on this particular species. how embarrassment!

oh and it's thanks to blogger (again) that this is a day late. my timely hands are not to blame.
xj