Hot–tub frog

I have consulted various books and websites about the range of habitats occupied by the Pacific Tree Frog, and they all fail to mention a hot tub. But, that is where one has been seen, day after day. Well, truth be known, the frog seems to prefer living in the lid rather than in the tub itself.

Pacific Tree Frogs can be identified by the dark line running from the snout through the eye to the shoulder. Beyond that, they come in a remarkable range of colours: green, tan, and dark brown. Indeed, the other markings that are seen in these pictures, may be missing if the frog is light coloured, or obscured when the frog is quite dark.

In fairness to this particular frog and the sybaritic lifestyle it has chosen, a fact sheet from the B.C. Ministry of Environment does allow that: “The Pacific Treefrog is quite cosmopolitan in its choice of homes.”