I found a leopard frog in my pool yesterday which had small orange specks on it's belly an hind legs which appeared to be some kind of parasites (or eggs from one). I was wondering if anyone knows what these could have been (as I sometimes feed these frogs from my pool to one of my snakes-no offense annuran lovers, I like frogs too! This one was released due to parasite concerns).
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Orange spots (parasites) on belly of leopard frog
happycamper
Jan 23, 2005 03:11 PM
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Colchicine
Jan 23, 2005 07:22 PM
I am unfamiliar with the ectoparasites you described, perhaps others will know. Chances are it was a pseudoparasite.
Releasing this frog due to parasites is not all logical. ANY food can be a source of parasites. ESPECIALLY live, wild caught animals. It is likely your snake is already loaded with parasites, you should be getting a parasite check at least twice a year. Your snake should taken off of a frog diet anyway. If it happens to be a hognose, they don't need frogs and subsist nicely on an all rodent diet.
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