RAUK - Archived Forum - Posts by shirl:

I sent these pics in last night via the online reporting form, however I have searched the internet for hours and I have no idea what this is. It was found last night about 6pm in the garden, we have a stone trough which collects water run off from our field and it was sitting in that.

It is quite dark in that area so I had to use flash , the actual colour is a more brownish yellow (just seen it again and in daylight it is more yellowish), it is long and very thin and has none of the normal common frog markings e.g. bands on legs. Anyone seen anything like this before?

Shirl

It doesn't look well, don't think I have ever seen a frog that thin. It is still there this morning, quite close to the base of a tree near the trough  with a "normal" common frog just a few inches away. There is plenty of food in our garden in terms of insects and loads of slugs, so it has plenty to eat, it's a completely organic garden so it shouldn't be at risk from nasty things. Will keep an eye on it although not sure what else I can do.

Thanks for the reply

Shirl

Many thanks for the replies and suggestions, let's hope we can get it back to a reasonable size.

Shirl

Hi Dave

A couple of days after the post it "disappeared", I keep checking but haven't seen it since. Haven't seen a body either so hopefully that might be good news. Will keep my eyes open, there is plenty of food for frogs in the garden, so I am hopeful it was able to survive.

Shirl