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A tree frog has miraculously come back to life after being accidentally frozen solid in a freezer in Australia.

The tiny frog was found covered in a layer of ice in a walk-in freezer - at -18C - at a Darwin cafeteria.

But - after defrosting - it fully recovered and started breathing again, reports the Australian Daily Telegraph.

Sue Hoddinott, 47, who found the frog, said: "I couldn't believe it. He was completely frozen rock solid. When I found him I thought 'Poor little thing', and I went to put it in the bin.

"But a friend said not to, as she had seen on TV that they can come back to life when defrosted. I told her she had been watching too many movies, but I did it anyway.

"She ran her finger over his back to wipe the ice off and he started breathing again - it was amazing."

FrogWatch NT co-ordinator Graeme Sawyer said it was an unusual story.

But he did not rule out the possibility of a frog being revived after it was frozen.

"I've never heard of it happening with Australian species but there are American frogs that can be defrosted and come back to life," he said.