Frogs

[don't ask]

keep that option open for me... i just looked online and ups ships and checked the accepted list and checked us fish and wildlife and leopard frogs are not endangered which would have prohibited it

 

[buckry]

That's interesting, everyone seems to be saying the opposite of that though. If you want some I'm certainly game to try it.

 

[don't ask]

i also looked up the difference between the two and i think it's a pickerel not a leopard frog

 

[don't ask]

and being a poisonous species you probably can't ship them

 

[buckry]

Ok, here are two more shots of a young one I caught tonight. What do you mean poisonous? Is this something I need to be worried about?

 

[buckry]

A shot of a new male toad trying to get lucky at my pond, and also a HUGE female. These two are not the same as any of the three that were around last night. That's pretty amazing to me.

 

[buckry]

Seems perfectly obvious which frogs I have, the pickerel and leopard don't really look that similar. I'll let you guys come to your own conclusion, but it's pretty clear what these are after looking at some sample pictures.

 

[Shoestring Ponder]

I am leaning towards Leopard Frog. Here is what I found...I am sure there are more links available.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickerel_Frog


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_frog


:goldfish:

 

[Shdwdrgn]

I'm not really sure how you could safely ship a live frog. On the other hand, shipping live tadpoles isn't too difficult because water in an enclosed space doesn't move much. We get live fish shipped to us all the time, usually without any problems.

I am guessing the status of a species varies by state, but Colorado is still clear for the moment. Northern leopard frogs have been considered for the endangered species list due to the sharp decline, but they have not yet been given that status. I wonder how it would affect the population if everyone with a backyard pond (creating a protected habitat) were to raise leopards?

 

[don't ask]

last pic , brown looks like a toad... poisonous as in a no no for predators.. excretes a slime or something like that.. to a human may cause itching i think i remember reading

 

[don't ask]

Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris (Formerly Rana)
Up to 3.5 inches (87 mm).
Has two rows of squarish spots down back and dorsolateral folds. Yellowish thighs and groin. Male's call sounds like a snore and given while floating on or below the water.
Females attach egg masses of about 800-3,000 eggs (brown above, yellow below) to aquatic stems. Tadpole stage lasts from 70-80 days. Adults are said to be distasteful (toxic) to some animals. Even putting them together with other pickerel frogs in collecting bags may result in them poisoning one another.
Prefers living by streams and other clear, cool water sources.
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Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Up to 3.5 inches (90 mm).
Large, dark spots irregularly spaced along back. White belly. Dorsolateral folds. Light spot in middle of tympanum distinguishes it from Northern Leopard Frog. No yellow on thighs or groin.
Male's call sounds as though someone is rubbing an inflated balloon and come from 2 vocal pouches, one on each side of the head. The call can be given both above and below the water. Both sexes also give a release call.
Females lay 300-6,500 eggs (black on top, white below) at a time in firm clusters attached to aquatic stems. Older tadpoles have dark spots on tails.
Adults may travel far from water and prefer grassy areas (sometimes feeding near lawn sprinklers and lights).

 

[buckry]

I believe they are Northern Leopard Frogs, but those two picks show very clearly what I saw in my research. The two frogs are similar for sure, but what I have are defiitely not Pickerels. I think the decider is if Pickerel frogs can poison each other, I probably wouldn't have a dozen of them in my goldfish pond. These little guys are always touching while hiding in my frog condo.

And the toads are just standard American Toads. Nothing fancy, just really loud.

I'll research it today, but I'm positive that Indiana doesn't allow the removal of any frogs from their natural environment. So me taking a frog from my backyard and putting it anywhere else, the river, a lake, a cardboard box, is forbidden.

Shipping does seem tough, I feel like a sealed bag with a little water would kill it, but a loosely packed box with something moist and air holes would kill it as well.

 

[addy1]

Wait for eggs or tads, they ship fine. I would not try to ship a live frog

 

[Shoestring Ponder]

Wine and dine them, set a romantic evening and get them to breed. W8 for tads and ship them...would ship them priority or Fed Ex. in plastic tied closed bag w water and cushioned around outside of bag in a good box. Ship quickly though. Would love to get the tads and put them in my "breeder pond" aka kiddy pool w duck weed. :heartpump:

About 2 seasons ago, Grey Tree Frogs had thousands of tads in our dogs pool/kiddy pool. The dog wanted his pool back so I collected the eggs and took some pond water and put the tads in a 10 gallon tank on our patio table. I also floated a couple of small water hyacinth in the tank. The eggs developed into tads and eventually into the cutest little frogs! We probably had bout 50 that fully developed into frogs. We watched them absorb their tails and eventually hop away. I crushed cheerios and floated a couple of fish food pellets and they all swam to find the food and feed on it. As summer rolled on, I finally took the balance of the tads and their water and put it in the pond. I am sure the fish then gobbled up the tads, but we hoped some made it into Grey Tree Frogs. We wanted our patio table back.

:goldfish:

 

[addy1]

We get a lot of the gray tree frogs, they like the smaller ponds of water. sure are noisy suckers.