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Im just curious as to what im looking at, I have no interest in bothering them as long as they dont bother me.

they have been there on the light fixture out side my door for about 2 weeks that I have noticed..

and for reference im in hot Orlando Florida

Thanks
Mike

they look a little like cuban tree frogs, and will not bother you, unless you dont like their "singing". they will help keep bug populations under control =).

not albino, but very lightly colored, probably to match the siding. if there is any black on the body, including the eyes, it is not albino. that includes if they can change from black to other colors.

Yea i thought they might not be albino frogs.....

I cant really tell if they have black eyes since they are allways shut and they have just been hanging there for several weeks without mooveing...

They look like they might be Hibernating but isint it like the wrong time of year and place?

from the picture it looks like the eyes are definitely black. the treefrogs are nocturnal so they are moving everynight most likely, they just like that spot and go back to it. they probably get heat from the light if you leave it on a lot. plus if you leave the light on at night it will attract bugs, and the frogs wont complain about that. what are the temperatures at night there? in florida, i doubt they are hibernating at least this early in the "winter".

Like said above, they are non-native Cuban tree frogs, an invasive exotic species. You should humanely euthanize it to protect your native frog population. Check out:

http://www.wec.ufl.edu/extension/frogs/default.htm#

I have had contact with them. I am from up in Lake County and they were suprised that the population has made it this far north.

another link:
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"Like said above, they are non-native Cuban tree frogs, an invasive exotic species. You should humanely euthanize it to protect your native frog population."

If you touch them, wash your hands well ASAP. DO NOT TOUCH YOUR EYES. Those suckers will have your eyes burning for a while.
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"Some things will never change. They just stand there looking backwards. Half-unconsious from the pain. They may seem rearranged. In the backwater swirling. There is something that'll never change-The Meat Puppets"

There are actually 2 schools of thought on this.
1. Euthanize every one of them you can find, removing a tiny % of the population.

2. Leave them alone. You and everyone you know could never eradicate enough of them to make one bit of difference. I, for one, don't kill stuff anymore.

Kind of like the Cuban Brown Anole. There is no stopping them. If they didn't stop them in Miami when they had a chance there is no stopping them now. Same with Bufo Marinus. Cane Toads are poisonous in all stages so that's another matter. they kill dogs, cats, and anything else that feeds upon them from Egg to adult.

Killing those two is only going to mean you have more bugs around your light.

Mac