question about frogs
 

I just had a frog take up residence in my above ground pond. I already have
a turtle in there which does not bother the fish (inc the babies).
Will the frog do any harm ?

Fred wrote Will the frog do any harm ?

All depends on the frog. Bullfrogs are the only frog who will eat fish. They
are large, but so are Greenfrogs, who don't eat fish.
Bullfrogs have a very deep call (only the males call) and they have a
distinctive fold of skin that goes around their ear drum. Greenfrogs don't have
this fold.
Here is a picture
http://tinyurl.com/6lmrm
At the bottom of the page there is a link that shows a picture of a Greenfrog.

If you have a bullfrog and don't want it to eat your fish you can catch it and
move it to a natural waterway.


kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Fred wrote Will the frog do any harm ?

All depends on the frog. Bullfrogs are the only frog who will eat fish.
They
are large, but so are Greenfrogs, who don't eat fish.
Bullfrogs have a very deep call (only the males call) and they have a
distinctive fold of skin that goes around their ear drum. Greenfrogs don't
have
this fold.
Here is a picture
http://tinyurl.com/6lmrm
At the bottom of the page there is a link that shows a picture of a
Greenfrog.

If you have a bullfrog and don't want it to eat your fish you can catch it
and
move it to a natural waterway.


kathy :-)
zone 7, SE WA state

Thanks. This is closer to a Green Frog.

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:18:02 -0400, "Fred" wrote:

I just had a frog take up residence in my above ground pond. I already have
a turtle in there which does not bother the fish (inc the babies).
Will the frog do any harm ?


No. I have heard that the tadpoles are poisonous to some fish, but
have not noticed any goldfish die.

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Fred wrote Will the frog do any harm ?

All depends on the frog. Bullfrogs are the only frog who will eat fish.
They
are large, but so are Greenfrogs, who don't eat fish.
Bullfrogs have a very deep call (only the males call) and they have a
distinctive fold of skin that goes around their ear drum. Greenfrogs don't
have
this fold.
Here is a picture
http://tinyurl.com/6lmrm
At the bottom of the page there is a link that shows a picture of a
Greenfrog.

If you have a bullfrog and don't want it to eat your fish you can catch it
and
move it to a natural waterway.

My pond was at capacity with Green Frogs at the beginning of the season, and
now we hardly see any, anymore. We do however have 3-4 Bull's swimming
around. Big ole frogs, to be sure.

More on frogs, http://www.iheartmypond.com/Animals/Amphibians/Frogs/.

BV.

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:18:15 -0400, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

My pond was at capacity with Green Frogs at the beginning of the season, and
now we hardly see any, anymore. We do however have 3-4 Bull's swimming
around. Big ole frogs, to be sure.

With greens stuck to their lips?

--
Crashj

"Crashj" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:18:15 -0400, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

My pond was at capacity with Green Frogs at the beginning of the season,
and
now we hardly see any, anymore. We do however have 3-4 Bull's swimming
around. Big ole frogs, to be sure.

With greens stuck to their lips?

LOL. I wouldn't doubt it.

BV.