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Friday 26 August 2016
Frogs
Our garden is literally hopping with this year's tiny frogs, but can anyone tell me how to judge the age of older frogs (we have just one in the garden) like the one in this picture? Is it 1 year old - or 10? I'd love to know! Charlotte
I did a search on this interesting question, and it seems it's hard to know the answer, but anecdotal evidence gives this information for a native frog:
Rana temporaria European Common Frog LIT.d 12 Years. Gender unknown, acquired date unknown. K. Curry-Lindahl, in Biegler 1966.
(I think this means at least 12 years.)
Another site stated that a European Toad had been kept for 40 years!
Goodness! That's really interesting, Steve, thank you. I'll have to hold a party for it! 14 froglets hopping about yesterday late afternoon - 5 of them came into the porch.
I did a search on this interesting question, and it seems it's hard to know the answer, but anecdotal evidence gives this information for a native frog:
ReplyDeleteRana temporaria
European Common Frog
LIT.d 12 Years. Gender unknown, acquired date unknown. K. Curry-Lindahl, in Biegler 1966.
(I think this means at least 12 years.)
Another site stated that a European Toad had been kept for 40 years!
Goodness! That's really interesting, Steve, thank you. I'll have to hold a party for it! 14 froglets hopping about yesterday late afternoon - 5 of them came into the porch.
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