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teeny tiny frog (or toad)
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Posted by lushgardener (My Page) on Wed, Jul 14, 10 at 20:15
My 8-year-old (Ben the bug boy) found this tiny little thing hopping across our patio (which is adjacent to a small pond) today. We have plenty of American bullfrogs, but this one seems too small to be their offspring. The fingernail belongs to my wife's pinky finger :-)
The photo isn't all that good, but can you tell what it is?
He's back in the pond, for now.
Rob
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RE: teeny tiny frog (or toad)
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| Cute. Hard to tell what it is at that size. Do you have local toad species? they lay eggs in water, but after the tadpole stage the babies leave the water. |
RE: teeny tiny frog (or toad)
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| Yes, we do have toads in the garden - I've never come across baby ones, though. Last winter, I neglected to keep a hole in the ice over the little pond adjacent to our patio, which caused all of the larger mongrel goldfish to perish. I suspect that this provided the conditions for successful amphibian procreation. We did have a singing toad at that pond in spring, haven't noticed any since then. |
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