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Last night while I was preparing to run my WC's, a little friend dropped by to visit the humid environment of my fish room.

First he shyly approached the Dwarf Gourami tank to see if anyone was in.



Surely enough somebody came over to greet the much welcome visitor, even though I dont think the frog quite knew what it was getting into!



The froggie stayed the whole time I was doing the WC, hanging out on the front glass pane. When I finished adding the water with my hose, I noticed something poking its head from the inside of the tank. He was just playing it dangerously at this point!



What a show off!

Enjoy everyone,

James

P.S. Could it be a Smilisca sordida (Drab Tree Frog)?

Cute little thing!

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lol, I think your tank just got the clean water quality seal of approval from the local treefrog association
It might be a smilisca sordida, but im not positive.

check out the species here, theres loads listed for csta rica http://amphibiaweb.org/search/index.html

Thats too cool.

Thanks for the comments doedogg, shadow, and superlion. It was actually pretty cool to see a tree frog coming into the room and heading for the nearest body of water. We get a lot of Centrolenela species but this is the first time in this region I've seen a tree frog, so it was a much welcomed visitor. He is really cute! Sorry for the bad pics, it would have been great to see the gourami in more detail.

Longhairedgit, the seal of approval from the local tree frog association is at good as it gets!

I do believe we got the gender down but im still reluctant on species, but do tend towards sordida since it is the one that encompasses the altitudinal range im located (1300meters above sea level). The others tend to stay in the lowlands, while this ones range is more mountainy.

On with the search.

Thanks again all hope you liked the pics

James

So cute! You're lucky... the biggest visitors I've ever had to my tanks are over-sized ants.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Kitten I get those too! Barnackles...they get into everything!

I dont know if the visitor is that friendly anymore. I've been getting some feedback that they may transfer some diseases so his dip in the gourami tank may have repercussions. We'll find out soon enough.

He is still cute though and I am very surprised to see a tree frog this high up the mountain and so close to the main city.

At least its a sign of a somewhat healthy habitat in the area.

James

James , Great shots of the frog . I love those critters . Your right it shows that the local area environment is very healthy . We get lots of frogs here in the mountains so I'm not suprised you get them . How high are you ?

Garry

Thanks for the comments on the pics, although the one with the gourami looked a lot better at home, I swear! LOL

I'm located just under the 1300 meters above sea level mark, and oddly enough there are no real healthy forests or habitat in the vicinity, only patches of secondary growth forest along the canyon of the river that runs by the foot of the hill that my house sits on top of.

Although some 10 Kms up the road sits the Braulio Carrillo National Park, which is a pristine protected region, it is quite divided from my place by plantations, houses and highways.

It is certainly cool to have such a neat little creature drop by and say hi.

Thanks for the comments,

James

James , sounds like you live in a great place. We are about 700m above sea level here so your a fair bit higher than us .Its interesting how different environments work and amazing how resilient wildlife is to our interference in their lives .

Garry

Life is great in the Rica, very relaxed and easy going in many ways but stressful in others, just like any other place. But it is a good place to live...very green and full of nice people.

Nature is really powerful, the things we do to it but it stills keeps fighting to come back strong. It may need all the help we can provide and every bit counts.

Also a good thing, nature is peaceful and unvengeful, although the turn of current weather events may indicate different, it is just a reaction to our actions that have caused an imbalance.

But could you imagine an army of bugs rebelling against human kind? We would be obliterated from the face of the earth.

Enough wondering,

James

If I weren't an arachniphobe, I think I'd love to live in Costa Rice for a while. Sounds awesome.

Cup,

Then let me tell ya a cool bit... Almost every morning as Im going for a bath, I have to remove a medium to large sized spider from the bottom of my bathtub. It is so religious that I keep a tool on the sill all the time to pick them up and relocate them out the window.

Im talking 2-5 inch spiders, and some are the hairy dark kind!

But they are always good and cooperative, Id hate to think of the bug infestation there would be in the house if there werent enough arachnid predators to keep them at bay.

They do tend to creep on my nerves when a fast moving large spider jets past my line of vision over my bed covers in the middle of the night. Fortunately this has only happened a few times, that Ive been awake for!

Its a hard gamble here at the tropics,

James

REDPHANTOM, . You should try living with Funnel Webs and Redbacks which are all very poisonious . The Funnel webs stand on their hind legs and virtually hiss at you if you confront them . Very scary .

Garry

Garry,

Reads like you live in a little paradise of your own. Australia must be one great place to live at. Then again the amount of highly poisonous species could deter even the strong hearted one. Nontheless, I'm up for the adventure...When does my trial experience of living in Oz begin? My bag is packed and I'm ready to jump on a plane!

Just kidding!

Good to hear from you again,

James

Treefrogs are awesome, except when they start croaking all night. My sister is in Guatemala right now working at some wildlife rehabilitation center, and she said that she was cleaning out a tapir skull (who knows why) and a huge treefrog jumped out at her, causing her to nearly drop it.

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James , It is paradise , just ignore the creepy crawlies and they will ignore you .
You'd be welcome anytime Mate .
Its a very multicultural place and welcomes people of all types with open arms and a "she'll be right mate " attitude .

Garry

Natalie,

Dont know what I would be more scared of, the tree frog jumping out of it or the skull itself. Must have been an impressive sight to see a critter jumping out of a skull, yikes!

In the forest the sound of the frogs gets muttered by the thousands of other creatures hizzing, buzzing, and twirping. It really is melodious and orchestra-like, to some its quite soothing, but then again who wants to hear a Symphony by Beethoven played by your ear at 4 am in the morning!

Garry,

I love creepy crawlies! Thanks for the invite, the welcome goes both ways, if you ever drop by this neck of the woods. Our critters may be overshadowed by the ones at home but it may serve you as a brake from your life pending on the line every day! lol

All the best,

James