I never new the meaning of Chromantis - but as a kid we grew up knowing them as the rain callers/prophets. They will always chirp before the rain - local people Shona/Shangaan believe they actually call the rain. They are also found far from water. Perhaps the name is not as funny as appropriate.

The African Foam-nest Tree Frog (Chiromantis rufescens) is a frog that lives in the tropical rainforests of Central Africa. Its upper body is a brownish color, tinged rust, and it has small dark spots around its head and pelvis. The frog lives in trees, and builds its nest on branches overhanging water. It is called the foam-nest tree frog because its nest consists of air bubbles, wrapped in leaf. When its larvae hatch, they fall into the water below, where they grow from tadpoles into frogs.

source: www.wikipedia.org

WOW Landi, keep those books in storage for another month, no need to pick them up now! Must be a very busy time for you these days and till you moved and settled in!
Those ID's can wait a little longer, no hurry, not to worry!

Storage is in some warehouse about 80km away - we are building a new house and keeping some of our possessions in storage until we move into the new place.

Hopefully I will have everything back by mid February.

Landi

Landi, you made me laugh! And you make me wonder where that storage is... far away? Please, whenever you come near your storage...could you pick up your books? duh...probably those books are in storage for good reason...

Nevertheless Landi, thanks a lot for helping us out on the foam frog nest!

Sorry guys, I started going through all my reference books and found that all the books I needed - frogs, reptiles and fungi are still all packed away in storage - I have ready access to books on freshwater fish, scorpions, flowers, trees, birds and snakes - but not the books we need right now :cry:

Landi

Thank you, Mr Scott, for your reply and for providing us with this marvelous camera. If I owned it, I would feel great pleasure in all of the enjoyment that is brought to others and I'll bet that you do too.
Kay

LOL Landi, I can imagine those blank stares of the guests! Much appreciated if you would come up with some more info! Here is a pic of the waterhole, I outlined the place roughly where we saw the fungi. Not that much shade in my opinion, except from the grass. [/img] :roll: We had some discussion about it's ID, and I'm pretty sure it's a lizzard and not a skink... but I'm no expert here too, and mostly I'm very wrong with my ID's! Thanks Landi, for giving it a try.

Thank you Campbell :!: