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Frog ID Needed Please
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Posted by strawberrygirlie (My Page) on Sat, Sep 13, 08 at 9:07
| I posted this in the Florida garden forum originally but I didn't know there was an amphibian forum, so I'll post here too if that's okay.
I spotted this guy in my oleander last night and was able to snap a few pics. He was about an inch and a half, two inches long.
Does anyone know what kind of frog this is? Is it a cuban tree frog?
Thanks in advance! :o) |
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RE: Frog ID Needed Please
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Sadly, that is a young Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)...you honestly might want to consider collecting any of these you see and dispose of them in a humane way (actually rubbing Orajel on their head is a very humane way of euthansia)
~Mike |
RE: Frog ID Needed Please
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| Thanks Mike. Orajel? Do you know how that works for them? How much to apply? How to apply? I've never gone about getting rid of frogs. |
RE: Frog ID Needed Please
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| Or plastic bag in the freezer, no fuss, no muss. |
RE: Frog ID Needed Please
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| DO NOT STICK THEM IN THE FREEZER!!!! - thats actually been proven to be a very inhumane and painful way to euthanize any reptile or amphibian and is banned from IUACUC practices as well as by the AZA and other organizations. The animals die very slowly and painfully as their blood crystalizes within their veins and arteries. That practice was popular even a few years ago, but researchers cringe at the thought they had committed countless animals to a very painful form of euthanasia. As for the Orajel - just a large dab on the tip of your finger and rub it on their head. It basically numbs them and stops their brain from functioning, causing them to stop breathing and their heart to stop beating. ~Mike |
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