Living beside a National Park means that we share the property with many native species, wallabies, snakes, spiders and lizards are regular visitors. About two years ago the first water dragon appeared, we now seem to have two or three and they have grown a lot since the first sighting. They become very tame and enjoy a swim in our pool on hot days, the one in the following photo was resting in a staghorn near our kitchen, another favourite spot is under the cover of the BBQ. I think this one is female and is probably about two years old, they can grow to 50cms, males slightly larger than that.
Another recent arrival is this small frog, must have been named after one of our former prime ministers as there is a strong family resemblance, Litoria Littlejohni is its scientific name. It has been living in our sun umbrella for the past two weeks and is almost the same colour as the umbrella and the garden table. Just as well as I am sure frogs are on the water dragon menu.
