In article , Amynthas Nzlagunf@f
pneobeb.qrzba.pb.hx writes
In message , Kay Easton
writes
Does anyone have any idea how to count the frogs in a pond?


can one tell form how much spawn there is? Does each female lay one
batch or more than one batch - eg if I have 20 batches of spawn have I
got 20 females or could it have been laid by,say, 5 females?

One female produces one clump of spawn.

Though others here have suggested that a female might produce another
batch of spawn a week or so later - are you sure of your statememnt?

So what you are saying is we have a minimum of 36 males (the 36 I saw
waiting) and one female for every lump of spawn - say another 40, hence
76 frogs in total. But you have also offered the guess that there may be
two males for every female, which would take us up to 100 or so frogs.


Now the 50,000 pound question, why does someone post a
zoological query here when there is a trained zoologist somewhere in the
house?

I don't ask my milkman to mend my car; neither do I ask an earthworm
specialist about amphibians ;-p

But the main reason is there is a lot of expertise and knowledge on urg
and i wanted to tap into that.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/