Re: frogs....released pets

Oh my gosh, Zem.  I don't think we have those here.  I had to  look it up to 
see what it was.  First impression was that it looked very  similar to our 
native Gulf Coast Toad....but upon reading further  
(http://www.floridagardener.com/critters/BufoMarinus.htm  ) it sounded more like a bullfrog on steroids.  
WOW.   Scarey that a dog or cat that bites it dies within a few hours.  So I'm  
assuming this is another pet that escaped???  Was not clear if it was  
introduced on purpose or accidental.  Hmmm...maybe the pythons are released  to get 
the toads that were released to get the rats.  So were the rats  released to 
eat the Kudsu, that was  realeased.....          Geesh.....what next??    
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
In a message dated 8/15/2006 11:02:40 PM Central Standard Time,  
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

Have you  ever seen the tadpoles of the Bufo marinus?  They are huge  -- just 
 
a gaping mouth with a tail attached.  Like crocodiles they are  hatched in 
salt water (at least ours were).  The ones at my house  liked to 'lounge' 
about in the lily pond, too.

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