Back in ancient history, Äiti used to keep amphibians, and when our favourite pet shop (Muskettikoira in Oulu - not part of a chain of shops and they only sell high stuff) had one of these in a terrarium, Äiti could not resist. She knows all about keeping them as she had this species in Britain for many years. It is also called an Australian tree frog, or korallisormisammakko in Finnish. And Litoria caerulea in Latin.
Sampo was intrigued by the food it eats.............
Apparently we must not regard it as a snack even if we want to know if frog really does taste like chicken.
Right now we do not know if Froggie is male or female - if it is male it will call at night. Females are silent. However you can also tell as the males have brown at the base of their thumbs. We cannot believe that frogs have thumbs and we don't! So, Äiti has chosen to call it Franki - so it can be Frank if a boy, or Francesca if a girl. It's pronounced Frankie in English but spelled in a Finnish way.
