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The question is, how do they get there..
I'v almost stepped on them ( or mowed them over) many times in mountain view.
My situation... Water from rain would pool under the house. And thats how they breed, but how did they get there to begin with......
" The odds are good... But the goods are odd "
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Originally posted by MarkP
I have to build a pond first, but once I do I would love to have bullfrogs, so if you could hold on to a few for me.....
Have you ever heard them croak? Pretty distinctive I believe. There is a hotel on Kauai with a swampy river out back where I heard some once.
Are you talking about the ones that sound like someone is jacking hammering about 1/4 mi away, or the ones that sound like Budweiser frog commercial?
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Probably one of the many variations of tree frogs?
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"I haven't put anything in there so no chance of eggs hitchhiking and there are no artificial or natural ponds within hopping distance that I know of"
Birds.... eggs stick to their feathers and hitch hike... It is also how trout move into glacial ponds...
we have a new visitor as well - a Kingfisher has taken up residence at one of the tilapia ponds
nature always seeming to find a way......
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Bullfrog Bull Frog ... American Bull Frog
they have been in Hawaii since 1900, more common in the 1910-20s they were brought here from NAmerica for food.. common in waterways and even in very wet areas (I have some too)
a Bufo is not a frog, its a Bufo (Toad)
a Bullfrog is a 'TrueFrog'
you can eat a Bullfrog but dont eat a Bufo lol
aloha
PS we have about 5 different frogs in Hawaii, and 1 kine Bufo
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PS fyi in Hawaii we have Cuban Treefrogs, Black and Green Poison Dart Frogs, Japanese Wrinkled Frogs, American Bull Frogs, and now the Coqui (not in my book written in 1996)
....the Bufo is Bufo marinus
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I live in PA, so maybe not the best person to answer your question, but I put my pond in about 20 years ago. Over time, green frogs starting showing up. I have no idea how they got there or where they came from. Over the years the population grew to about 15 or so.
I loved watching them. Loads of fun during tent catapillar time. Put one down on one side of the pond, watch the frogs race over from the other side to get it.
Unfortunately, this winter was extremely cold for a long period of time and I lost all of them. Thankfully, some of the tadpoles survived.
I was wondering if any full grown frogs will show up this summer, or I'll just have to wait until the tadpoles mature.
I'll keep you posted.
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An adult frog showed up. It's too big to be one of the tadpoles that have grown up.
The closest pond to me is a neighbor's, about a quarter mile away.
So I have concluded that they will travel long distances to find a new home. How it found my pond or knew it was there is a mystery.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...rog_2.html
"By marking and recapturing bullfrogs on and near the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, Suhre has found that the young amphibians can move at least 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) in a few weeks."
Sounds like a bullfrogs capacity to travel is one of its defining characteristics.
