tree-frog

And this one, the lanky one with satiric eyebrows, who murmurs knowingly in his comrade's ear: she sees him sniggering behind the rabbi's back, cupping a tree-frog in scum-stained hands.

Evan Eisenberg: Mary Christ (Part 6) 2008

Among the most notable of these species: the python Morelia carinata was described as recently as 1981 and is still known only from a handful of records; the splendid tree-frog (Litoria splendida) is an exceptionally large green frog with white spotting; the scaly-tailed possum is an unusual possum in a monotypic genus; and the black grass-wren is confined to hummock grasslands in especially rugged sandstone environments.

Kimberly tropical savanna 2007

I called again and again, and waited for some response; and heard only the familiar night-sounds — voices of insect and bird and tinkling tree-frog, and a low murmur in the topmost foliage, moved by some light breath of wind unfelt below.

Green Mansions 2004

What meat did I ever have except an occasional fledgling, killed in its cradle, or a lizard, or small tree-frog detected, in spite of its green colour, among the foliage?

Green Mansions 2004

One of the most curious and interesting reptiles which I met with in Borneo was a large tree-frog, which was brought me by one of the Chinese workmen.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

I am inclined to pin myself down most firmly there before the loaf at breakfast with my wife, who being now entirely my wife and not at all the girl who wore when she hoped to meet me a certain rose, gave me that feeling of existing in the midst of unconsciousness such as the tree-frog must have couched on the right shade of green leaf.

The Waves 2003

A tree-frog squeaks and grunts; some alert insect chirps, loud and clear; another calls furtively, in a dismal tone, half whisper, half whistle; a wallaby thuds ahead; a lizard makes a scatter among the leaves; a bird in fright flutters, blundering, among the leaves high overhead; the flying-foxes squeak and gibber among the fig-trees, as they say the ghosts did in the streets of Rome when great Caesar died.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

A tree-frog which was sitting among the bushes, when he heard that, cried a warning,

Household Tales 2003

A green tree-frog was enmeshed and struggling in the web's sticky strands, but the spider appeared disinterested.

Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998

In our last battle, that of Slaughter's Mountain, we had noticed, for the first time, a singular noise made by some of the shells fired at us, and quite like the shrill note of a tree-frog on a big scale.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore