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cyba
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Posted: 23 May 2005 at 6:35am |
I had my usual crop of frog spawn early this year, but it looked like they had all died, so I stopped checking them in my "water feature". As I was putting out my washing this morning I noticed, much to my surprise, that the water was heaving with taddies! They are big, about 1.5 inches long with a very wide tail. They are speckled dark grey on top, and paler speckled grey on their bellies. Their bodies are eggshaped, but have no sign of legs yet.
I'm not sure if they are frogs, as I have toads and newts in my garden too. Can anyone identify these? I'm really happy though, as i thought I'd missed out this year! |
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cyba
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It would be cool if my toads bred, but I'm still dead chuffed to have frog taddies and so many, and so healthy-looking!
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djp_phillips
Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 180 |
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yes toad tads. are black
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