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BenignVanilla 14-08-2003 03:33 PM

Frogs With Spots
 
We have about a dozen frogs now in the pond. They are all variants of green
to yellowish green. I hope to get some updated pics this weekend. Over the
past few weeks I have seen a few that were olive green, with black spots.
They are almost leopard skinned. I have seen one that was a few inches long,
and I caught a baby in the yard and put him near the pond. I have not seen
them again. Weird. The green guys are all over the place but, the leopard
looking ones make rare appearances.

Any thoughts on breed? behavior?


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BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond




K30a 14-08-2003 04:09 PM

Frogs With Spots
 
BV wrote They are almost leopard skinned.

They are probably the aptly named Leopard Frogs. If the all green ones get
really big then they are Greenfrogs (so imaginative in amphibian names...),
they like to hang around the pond, as do Bullfrogs.

This is a really good page
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/frog2.htm
as the gal who set it up lives in your general area.


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

BenignVanilla 14-08-2003 06:03 PM

Frogs With Spots
 

"K30a" wrote in message
...
BV wrote They are almost leopard skinned.

They are probably the aptly named Leopard Frogs. If the all green ones get
really big then they are Greenfrogs (so imaginative in amphibian

names...),
they like to hang around the pond, as do Bullfrogs.

This is a really good page
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/frog2.htm
as the gal who set it up lives in your general area.


Thanks I'll check it out. Where has Robyn been lurking lately?

BV.



K30a 14-08-2003 06:32 PM

Frogs With Spots
 
BV wrote Where has Robyn been lurking lately?

She is more of a lurker than an active poster
but she does show up from time to time. Her
pages are great references.

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

Everwyrd 15-08-2003 04:25 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Top posting but that's another story...:)

I put some tadpoles in my tiny pond...pondlet...rather than in the larger
pond just so I could keep an eye on the metamorphisis... Now when I got the
taddies, the guy at the store told me they were green frogs. Here we are 14
1/2 weeks later and they haven't even grown arms.

Does anyone know how long green frogs take to change from taddies to frogs?
I know bullfrogs can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Maybe they won't change if someone is watching....issues....everyone's got
issues!

Alan

"K30a" wrote in message
...
BV wrote They are almost leopard skinned.

They are probably the aptly named Leopard Frogs. If the all green ones get
really big then they are Greenfrogs (so imaginative in amphibian

names...),
they like to hang around the pond, as do Bullfrogs.




Everwyrd 15-08-2003 04:35 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Top posting but that's another story...:)

I put some tadpoles in my tiny pond...pondlet...rather than in the larger
pond just so I could keep an eye on the metamorphisis... Now when I got the
taddies, the guy at the store told me they were green frogs. Here we are 14
1/2 weeks later and they haven't even grown arms.

Does anyone know how long green frogs take to change from taddies to frogs?
I know bullfrogs can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Maybe they won't change if someone is watching....issues....everyone's got
issues!

Alan

"K30a" wrote in message
...
BV wrote They are almost leopard skinned.

They are probably the aptly named Leopard Frogs. If the all green ones get
really big then they are Greenfrogs (so imaginative in amphibian

names...),
they like to hang around the pond, as do Bullfrogs.




K30a 15-08-2003 05:59 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Alan wrote can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Yes, they can.
Greenfrogs can be a tadpole anywhere from
3 to 22 months.
If you are up North and your pondlet might freeze solid you may have roomies
for the winter ;-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

K30a 15-08-2003 06:02 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Alan wrote can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Yes, they can.
Greenfrogs can be a tadpole anywhere from
3 to 22 months.
If you are up North and your pondlet might freeze solid you may have roomies
for the winter ;-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

K30a 15-08-2003 06:57 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Alan wrote can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Yes, they can.
Greenfrogs can be a tadpole anywhere from
3 to 22 months.
If you are up North and your pondlet might freeze solid you may have roomies
for the winter ;-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

~ jan JJsPond.us 15-08-2003 08:03 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
This is a really good page
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~rrhudy1/frog2.htm
as the gal who set it up lives in your general area. K30a


Thanks I'll check it out. Where has Robyn been lurking lately?
BV.


Look for a picture of the Rocky Mountain Spotted frog, I think it was
called. I had one for a while in my pond, came from a group of BF tadpoles
I got the first year. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

~ jan JJsPond.us 15-08-2003 08:03 AM

Frogs With Spots
 
Correction, my memory is fading. Looked it up and it was Mountain
Yellow-Legged Frog I had. Got Mountain and it is well Spotted. ;o0 ~ jan

Look for a picture of the Rocky Mountain Spotted frog, I think it was
called. I had one for a while in my pond, came from a group of BF tadpoles
I got the first year. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website



See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Everwyrd 15-08-2003 12:14 PM

Frogs With Spots
 
Ahhh... Thanks. If they haven't made the change by September I'll move them
to the 1000 gallon pond. In New Jersey we do have cold winters!

"K30a" wrote in message
...
Alan wrote can take up to 2 seasons. Can green frogs take as long?

Yes, they can.
Greenfrogs can be a tadpole anywhere from
3 to 22 months.
If you are up North and your pondlet might freeze solid you may have

roomies
for the winter ;-)





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