By: Michael Fox
Mt Gravatt Environment Group member Morag always has hundreds of Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea tadpoles which she shares with local children.
I remember as a child watching the amazing transformation as tadpoles metamorphose into frogs: growing legs and losing their tails before hopping out into the world.
Feeding on lettuce
Freya (7) and Clementine (4) took delivery of these tadpoles just before Christmas. About seventeen in all.teen in all.
Caring for tadpoles means boiling a lot lettuce to feed them.
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19 January and legs forming
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Four weeks and transformation is underway with legs growing.
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Fish tank cleaned and with rainwater from the family tank.
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Legs growing stronger
Time to leave home
Transformation complete, time to leave and find a new home in the gully. To date ten successful graduates, three tadpoles and two frogs in the tank.
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Unexpected dangers in urban habitat
Of course the journey to the gully habitat has its own urban dangers. Scott has to be careful when mowing. He had to encourage three baby frogs to gully safety last time he mowed.
Now that the semi-permanent spring has been restored to Fox Gully repopulating with our local frog species is an important step.
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Mount Gravatt Environment Group 