Bullfrog vs green frog

I think i have a bullfrog after looking at many pictures. I didn't in
a million years expect to see one here because there are no bodies of
water around here except for my 2 yr old puddle. This thing is way
bigger than the toads and i haven't seen any of my toad friends since
i saw the bullfrog. That bothers me. If it stays, what will happen
next mating season? Will it chase off the mating pairs of toads? I
didn't find any info that said b.frogs eat toads, but my tads are all
but missing and i am not seeing babies near the pond and no adults
whatsoever. And the pondmaster toad doesnt go there any more. I
liked watching him eat and he could care less if i was there or not.
Maybe i'll run it off this fall, i dont know.






On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:45:21 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote:

Ka30P wrote:
Congrats on your frog ;-)

This is a picture of a bullfrog
http://www.willowparkecology.com/ima...z/bullfrog.jpg

Here is a greenfrog
http://vergil.hackedtobits.com/greenfrog.jpg

The distinguishing characteristic is the ridge that starts at the
back of the
eye. Bullfrog - it curves around the eardrum, greenfrog - it runs
down the
back.

Don't forget the big difference in voice. Green frogs sound
distinctively like the twang of a banjo string.

http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frogs_state.cfm

has a list of frogs native ot your area with audio sound clips for
each.

I find it a lot easier to distinguish my frog and toad visitors and
residents by voice.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

jammer wrote:
I think i have a bullfrog after looking at many pictures. I didn't in
a million years expect to see one here because there are no bodies of
water around here except for my 2 yr old puddle. This thing is way
bigger than the toads and i haven't seen any of my toad friends since
i saw the bullfrog. That bothers me. If it stays, what will happen
next mating season? Will it chase off the mating pairs of toads? I
didn't find any info that said b.frogs eat toads, but my tads are all
but missing and i am not seeing babies near the pond and no adults
whatsoever. And the pondmaster toad doesnt go there any more. I
liked watching him eat and he could care less if i was there or not.
Maybe i'll run it off this fall, i dont know.

My green frog and my toads somewhat peacefully co-exist and I don't know
about bulls and toads.

OTOH, most things don't eat toadpoles or toads. Toads have a poison sac
under their back that makes them a very unpleasant snack. My
understanding is that the same holds true of toadpoles - very unpleasant
to eat. However, I will admit that I have seen my shubunkin snacking on
my toadpoles though I suspect it was more out of annoyance then desire
to eat them.

Perhaps your toadpoles have fledged? Depending upon water temps they
can be gone in as little as three weeks. IIRC, you're in TX so you
probably have warmer water temps than I have in NC. My toadpoles were
out of the pond in about 4 weeks here.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:59:28 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote:

jammer wrote:
I think i have a bullfrog after looking at many pictures. I didn't
in
a million years expect to see one here because there are no bodies
of
water around here except for my 2 yr old puddle. This thing is way
bigger than the toads and i haven't seen any of my toad friends
since
i saw the bullfrog. That bothers me. If it stays, what will happen
next mating season? Will it chase off the mating pairs of toads? I
didn't find any info that said b.frogs eat toads, but my tads are
all
but missing and i am not seeing babies near the pond and no adults
whatsoever. And the pondmaster toad doesnt go there any more. I
liked watching him eat and he could care less if i was there or
not.
Maybe i'll run it off this fall, i dont know.

My green frog and my toads somewhat peacefully co-exist and I don't
know
about bulls and toads.

OTOH, most things don't eat toadpoles or toads. Toads have a poison
sac
under their back that makes them a very unpleasant snack. My
understanding is that the same holds true of toadpoles - very
unpleasant
to eat. However, I will admit that I have seen my shubunkin snacking
on
my toadpoles though I suspect it was more out of annoyance then
desire
to eat them.

Perhaps your toadpoles have fledged? Depending upon water temps they
can be gone in as little as three weeks. IIRC, you're in TX so you
probably have warmer water temps than I have in NC. My toadpoles
were
out of the pond in about 4 weeks here.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

I found about 100 tadpoles (toadpoles) on top of a pot and fed them
flake fish food. So, i am no longer worried about the bullfrog chowing
down on them.

Some of the tads have fledged because i found a couple baby toads no
bigger than my pinky nail cut down to the quick. I had housed 15
toadpoles in an aquarium and they were toads in a month. These are
over 2 months old and still no front legs. Guess it all depends on
food supply and space as well as temperature.

Thanks for your reply.