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Bullfrogs - WATCH out for them: |
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2010 Please do keep an eye and ear out for these large frogs. A worrying trend has been revealed during the last few years which people need to know about. A third population of these frogs have been found - right under the noses of some pretty well known herpetologists - over the last half a decade these frogs have been spreading and breeding - no one had the thought to report them It was only when another herpetologist carrying out newt surveys spotted them. I cannot tell you where these animals are but we have had a population on the Kent/Sussex Border and in South West Essex. We hope that there are no more populations but it seems that some are creeping out of the woodwork If you see a bullfrog or heard a sound like a deep mooing then please report it ASAP! J Vice Chair of ARG UK - self employed consultant - visit ARG UK & Alresford Wildlife |
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Brian Member Joined: 02 Feb 2009 No. of posts: 17  View other posts by Brian |
Posted: 27 Sep 2010 I'm not terribly surprised they went un-noticed to be honest. The county in question has a large number of ponds, and it is pretty easy for animals to escape notice because we tend to visit only a limited part of the country. I would not be surprised if there were more out there given the numbers of animals imported in the 1990's. Brian Banks Swift Ecology |
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