I have an adult green frog male, that I caught about 2 years as a tadpol and is now an adult. I was out at the pond yesterday, and my boyfriend caught, observed, and released a green frog male. I noticed they look quite different than one another. Mine in captivity has no yellow on his throat, though he does call often. The ones outdoors are in breeding condition perhaps, while mine indoors does not know it is breeding time? The only time my captive one calls is when it hears the dishwasher/music/something loud. This is strange.
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Green frog variations
ginevive
Jun 20, 2003 06:52 AM
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Colchicine
Jun 20, 2003 03:06 PM
As humans, we put too much emphasis on subjective characteristics. This is a species that is highly variable! Color can easily be determined by nutrition and stress, two things that would obviously be different for a wild/captive animal.
>>I have an adult green frog male, that I caught about 2 years as a tadpol and is now an adult. I was out at the pond yesterday, and my boyfriend caught, observed, and released a green frog male. I noticed they look quite different than one another. Mine in captivity has no yellow on his throat, though he does call often. The ones outdoors are in breeding condition perhaps, while mine indoors does not know it is breeding time? The only time my captive one calls is when it hears the dishwasher/music/something loud. This is strange.
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>>*~Ginevive~*
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