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How about this, you all need to start looking for amphibians! I've been striking out on the search for one particular salamander. I'm thinking I need to do a rain dance.
Anyway, how many of you have seen badly deformed amphibs?
Here's an interesting one I found earlier this year:

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Bullfrog
It took me a good 15 seconds to realize that I was looking at a Bullfrog. I should have preserved that one, as it seems to me that bad deformations aren't a common encounter.
Shane
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reptiles have been eaten by the land fish.

Serious though, a couple days ago I found this pleco fish on a road as it is positioned upright in the photo. It was live and wet and I helped it back into the water with a net.

Dan

Would have not been fun to accidentally run that sucker over and need a new tire. This is an introduced species to south florida.

Dan

Hey Dan, you down in B Cypress? I didnt know plecos were established as well but Im not surprised. You should see the peacock bass I was catching on my flyrod down in homestead, what a blast! Do plecos move across land when seeking new territory? or was it dumped?
Ciao
B

It was dumped by a bird or raccoon. It had scratches on one side but the entire glades and south florida is littered with introduced fish species.

Dan

Ive heard talk of turning the Miami International Airport into a special preserve due to the introduced species onsite.

Cheers
Brett

Do I understand that you "helped" an introduces pest species back into the habitat that it is not suposed to be in? I know that it is so common that it may not seem to matter, but when I find a cuban treefrog or greenhouse frog, etc. it is a dead one for sure. In fact, by Florida law, if you release an introduced species (even one that is free roaming and wild when you caught it-seconds or even minutes previous) you are breaking the law.

You can even make sport of introduced species control-I regularly use my blowgun to pin those pesky brown anoles to my oak trees. They are great feeders for those ornery lizard feeders LOL. I have seen an increas in Carolina anoles in the 5 years that I have been "pinning" the browns on my 3/4 acres in Central Fl.
Also, mature
green iggys as well as those armored catfish are quite tasty, although I would be reluctant to eat a fish from a south FLorida canal. The armoured cats from the St. John's drainages are not bad fare though.
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Brian Emanuel
NYOKA REPTILES
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Local wildlife agencies perhaps will inform you of your problems.

Dan

that would be insane....not insanely cool. what would be the point behind preserving exotics, in florida of all places? they need to be managed, not assisted. for those of you that live in or around the area, you know exactly what its like. overrun by cuban treefrogs, brown anoles, green iguanas, house geckos, oh man the list goes on!
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina

Your right, come on down and straighten out the 1000 exotic species that invaded South Florida. Bring bats, rubber bands, and a pillow case as large as Texas.

Dan

What, you helped it into the water with a net! Are you scared of a little pleco. I would have run over it.
They're quite present in Houston now.
Shane
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im having trouble realizing what the deformities are on that frog....it doesnt look quite right, but i cant tell if/what damage was done by being hit by a car.
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-Mike Martin
North Carolina