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Type of Frog?
Hi All
my tadpoles have been finishing their transformation to frogs! Anyone know what type of frogs these are? I think they might be bull frogs, but that is just a guess! Been trying to match my pictures to ones on the web identifying different types of frogs! anyway please take a look and let me know what you think of my frogs, ponds, turtles, koi etc? Thanks http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ |
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bbrown9506 wrote:
Hi All my tadpoles have been finishing their transformation to frogs! Anyone know what type of frogs these are? I think they might be bull frogs, but that is just a guess! Been trying to match my pictures to ones on the web identifying different types of frogs! anyway please take a look and let me know what you think of my frogs, ponds, turtles, koi etc? Thanks http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ The frogs look like green frogs. Similar in appearance to bull frogs. There are plenty of regional differences in looks though so I could be wrong. Mark B. |
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They are bullfrogs, the curve of the
fold of the skin around the eardrum is the key. When the males start calling they will make a ''rumn rumn, rumn' deep call. And they will do A LOT of their calling at night. That won't happen until next year when the pond water warms up into the high 70s. Bullfrogs will eat fish, other frogs, tadpoles, snakes, mice, birds, in addition to the flying insects that all frogs eat. So be prepared for that. But fish will overproduce themselves rapidly so it is handy to have a few bullfrogs around. Just don't get too attached to any particular fish! I have one in my ponds, Her Royal Highness, The Lady Bullfrog. We tried to catch her but she is smarter than all the humans around here so she gets to stay. Males will have yellow throats and large eardrums, females will have white throats and dainter eardrums. They are not native in our part of the country but they are here to stay. Biologists will clear them out of habitats where any endangered amphibians live to help the species of concern along. kathy :-) www.blogfromthebog.com this week ~ shoot the heron? Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~ http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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"bbrown9506" wrote in message oups.com... Hi All my tadpoles have been finishing their transformation to frogs! Anyone know what type of frogs these are? I think they might be bull frogs, but that is just a guess! Been trying to match my pictures to ones on the web identifying different types of frogs! anyway please take a look and let me know what you think of my frogs, ponds, turtles, koi etc? Thanks http://mysocalledpondlife.blogspot.com/ ================================= It looks like a common green frog or perhaps a young female bullfrog. My guess is a green frog. The turtles are sliders. They're very common where I live in middle TN. I love your pictures! -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm |
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