I made a pretty complicated trellis in my yard; which is forever being renewed in places as the wood from the ocean that I can collect on the beach eventually gets weak.
I live in sheltered accommodation and we have a fair amount of garden space.The trellis is covered in clematis has lots of hidey holes in it and mobiles and weirdy bits and bobs - children love it - I have little pots for small plants - tonight I had a visitor - a frog - I have never really seen a frog up close and when my partner came down to dinner (He lives above me I showed him the frog) It was curled up in a plastic tub.
I collected frog spawn as a child and saw it turn into tadpoles but never saw the transformation to frog.
He put water in it so the frog wouldn't dry up and I am still in a strange place of fascination - partly because I grew up in a city and he grew up in the country so knows more about animals but I don't even see how the frog got up that high - its about three feet from the ground and completely squeezed into the pot - I just went out to see it again at dusk and all I can see is big eyes, in muddy water.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The explanations are good thanks, and sounds like a frog, but I honestly don't know what we have as the water is so muddy because s/he crept into a pot that had wet earth in it already because of the trellis covered in clematis which keeps the sun out. I think I can see her/his eyes- just hoping s/he is still alive and knows what s/he's doing is the right thing.
jacpod
Level 8
July 3, 2018
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Sounds more like a toad. Some differences to tell them apart:
Toads are rough skinned and damp, frogs are smooth and wet.
Toads have large copper eyes, frogs small dark ones.
Toads crawl, frogs hop.
Toads naturally hide in damp crevices and are land based, frogs are practically totally aquatic.
Toads also have prominent claws on their back legs, frogs have flippers.
I used to teach wildlife gardening in Ireland and have met lots of both critters. Toads are my favourite, and it would not be unusual to find one up a wall, they like their crevices.
Tilia
Level 7
July 3, 2018
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What is the difference between a frog and a toad ?
Cast1es
Level 9
July 2, 2018
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We actually have desert toads.
Both Frog and Toad eggs need water to develop,lagoons and ponds are perfect for this come breeding season. I grew up living near the city limits in Des Moines Iowa, with a river, creeks, and a lagoon.
all amphibians have porous skin and need to keep there skin wet or they will die even the desert living ones. they are fish changing into reptiles in evolutionary terms. this is why they have to have there young in liquid.
@GeorgeRocheleau Yup, they estivate (dormancy of an animal when hot and dry.) when the land is too dry. Once coming home late at night we passed a new lake that had formed from the afternoon thunderstorms. Heard something I did not recognize, so after turning off the car engine there was this loud cacophony of toads croaking at this new lake. The sound was amazing. They had come out of the dry ground and were hanging out near the water.
@starwatcher-al And they are so loud, but they don't have much time so they have to let the ladies know.
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