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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090  View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 30 Aug 2008 Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448  View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 01 Sep 2008 The Statutory Instrument implementing this is available on-line- it adds R. lessonae to the list of 'European Protected Species' native to the UK. No specification of 'Northern Clade', so it also protects any R. lessonae introductions! |
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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090 View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Sorry couldn't help itGemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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will Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 No. of posts: 330 View other posts by will |
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 Presumably this failure to specify northern Pool Frogs also protects mixed populations of green frogs which might contain pool frog genes and in which pool and edible frogs are hard to tell apart ? |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 I was wondering about that- presumably in an LE population, half the frogs would be protected by law. It would be interesting to see a test case determine the legal definition of what constitutes R. lessonae, as opposed to the scientific definition... Having said that, it's an academic point, really, as there's zero chance of a prosecution for someone disturbing (etc) an introduced green frog colony! |
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will Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 No. of posts: 330 View other posts by will |
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 True; it will be interesting if the geographical division between the reintroducted northern pool frogs and the other populations becomes less distinct. Sounds a similar conundrum to the legal status of a hybrid cristatus x carnifex GCN..
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