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herpetologic2
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Hi Charles I also knew the owner and I am sure that he told me he colelcted them from Turkey - but I may be mistaken if you know otherwise. The owner also said that he had collected around 30 frogs from his garden as they were getting too noisy. He stated that he had taken them to Martin Noble in the New Forest - so at least these animals may be living in his collection in the New Forest. The frogs often escaped from the green houses they were living in and were frequently returned by disgruntled neighbours who couldnt cope with the noise during the summer all of this was conveyed to be by the owner before he passed away. I know a few people in Essex that are helping with the owner's widow in keeping the garden going and also helping with the animals. JC |
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chas
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Thanks for that, Jon. We do seem to be talking about the same colony of tree frogs in |
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Luckygenes
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Unfortunately as a young kid, I caught a couple of tree frogs from the pond at Hill top near Beaulieu. I only kept them for a few days as they were so noisy, my parents made me release them. This would have been in the mid to late 60's. At the time we were told by locals that the colony had been introduced by someone returning from France after the war, I'm assuming 1st world war. The last time I saw a tree frog at Hill top was around 1978, I can be certain of the date as I took a photo of one of the frogs with a college camera, I was at Art College untill the summer of 78. I still have a print somewhere, when I find it, I'll post it on here. As far as I can recall the frogs had a black eye stripe. Edited by Luckygenes |
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