Frogs

Hey Guys.

About a month +- ago I was cleaning the pool when i found a string of frogs eggs. Knowing the chlorine will kill the eggs I took them out and put them in my main tank that I was busy taking "offline".

3-5 Days later and I had 400 tadpoles swimming about.
At first i thought they are herbivores and i wasn't worried because the tank had lots of algea for them but then the cannibalism started.

So from there on I gave them ham and Chicken to eat.

They finish a Quarter of chicken breast in about 2 days.

Now I have Huge Tadpoles, small tadpoles and about 9 Little Frogs (I gave them some land to crawl on to).

and I expect all of them to morph in to frogs this week.

so for my 2 Questions.

1. Whats the name of the Common Frog we get in PTA (So that I can read up on them)

2. and do you guys think microworms or brine shrimp would be fine as feed for the Little frogs.

I should start looking for someone Who is willing to take these noise makers to there Pond.

 

i'v been living in jhb for 8 years now and have never seen a single frog living or dead funny enough until this morning i saw a dried up carcass on the road this morning.so used to seeing millions in durban after every rain cover the roads.

 

lol when i was much younger i had something similar happen. funny enough i remember feeding them broken bread pieces and fish flakes and they were thriving in a tank i had. i just put some floating wood in it and that was their land. bad i know, but i was something like 8-10 years old. eventually a family member crashed into my tank with his bike and that was the end of my frogs :"( but they were very easy to keep. im sure you can find better food though? probably insects or daphnia?

 

i thought we get more toads in PTA ive seen very few frogs myself... always the bloody toads all over the place

 

I have a feeling that you have the guttural toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis) - they're the noisy ones you typically come across. If not they may be a related species in the genus - we have several across the country.

 

We get toads visiting every Spring. They sit in the pond and make a helluva noise for a couple of weeks. A few weeks later we have a tadpole expolsion, but never as many toads. This year, though, they didn't stay long. I think it got too cold. In Gauteng it is most likely the guttural toad or red toad. Franna can you post a pic and we can see if they're the same as mine.

 

Salmon your spot on. I keep forgetting frogs and toads are 2 different thing.

I live just across from the Moreleta Spruit. Would it be irresponsible of me to free them there?? It's where they come from to start with.

 

Sorry about the poor Quality Phone pic

 

Oh how cute! If no-one here knows what they are, you might want to post that on SAReptiles - the guys on there love their frogs and are incredibly knowledgeable about them too!

 

looks similar to those big toads that hop around... haha

 

If they occur naturally there, I don't see why not. Typically I wouldn't recommend releasing previously captive animals, but it is highly unlikely that they picked up any diseases under your care, and should be safe for release.