Redland Rambles

What kind of frog is this?

You never know what you’ll find in your CSA box. Got mine home and started unpacking it. As I lifted up the bunch of yukina savoy, something flew out of the leaves and landed back in the box. I spotted a small green frog, looking very bewildered. My camera was handy, so I grabbed a few shots while the little guy wasn’t doing much. It seemed dazed by bright kitchen lights, and after this picture, stuck its head under some broccoli, trying to get out of the light.

I couldn’t leave it in the box — there were vegetables to put away. I couldn’t let it hang out with veggies in the frig — it was too cold. And running loose in my apartment wouldn’t be good for either of us.

What to do? Lucky for froggie, I have plants on the balcony. I picked up the frog gently. It was cool and clammy to the touch, and squirmed a bit in my hand. Put it in a big jar to transport it carefully to the plants, and looked it over. It was quite pretty — chartreuse green and creamy white underneath. Anybody know what kind of frog this is? Am assuming that it came from Worden Farm.

The lime green salad tomato plant is very leafy and can offer my little guest lots of cover from the sun, and plenty of white flies to munch on. After a bit of coaxing, the frog left the jar. It was dark and I couldn’t see where he went. Hope he’ll be ok. There’s a small gecko that hangs out on the balcony, so he’ll have company.