Spotted Marsh Frog

[CatherineM]

Found another little frog this morning, not sure what type yet. Only know that are two little ones as I saw them both at the same time

First frog the spotted marsh has coupled in size. It growing very quickly.

[CatherineM]

This afternoon update. We currently have three marsh frogs and one brown tree frog and two tadpoles. Currently have three tadpoles/ frogs uncounted for.

[CatherineM]

Spotted Marsh Frog hiding in the water
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Two Spotted Marsh tadpoles

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Spotted Marsh Frog


Brown Tree Frog being "Green"

[Mentat]

Thanks for share !

[CatherineM]

Did a head count yesterday, while cleaning. 5 spotted marsh frogs, 1 southern brown frog and 1 tadpole. Looking at having a 70% survive rate.

[taniaaust1]

Hi there, I could? have those kind of frogs but arent sure. My eldest one has just finished reabsorbing its tail this morning and I have another froglet too, they are only as big as my thumb nail thou. So tiny and cute.

I got told mine were spotted barking marsh frogs. I had 10 tabpoles which I got from someones pond and 2 other tabpoles from the pet shop which I got before the others which I got told were local marsh frogs. The 2 lots of tabpoles look different thou from each other so I think they could be different kinds of marsh frogs. The ones I got from the pet shop being plain black (no markings showing) so darker then the dark gray with paler grey bellies of the other mash frogs with many showing markings while still in the tabpole stage.

I havent lost many of my tabpoles at all (actually Im not aware of loosing any) thou some of the ones when I first got were very tiny. I so thou have one outside in my pond in which I arent sure if its going to make it or not (its tail is half eatten but its still swimming fine..it thou was floating tail up and couldnt stay down 5 days ago so I scooped out of the pond and put it into isolation inside but it was well and swimming properly again 12hrs later so back in the pond it went.

One thing thou I notice about your tabpoles in which my marsh frogs seem different to yours, is that when my spotted barking tabpoles get their legs.. their legs are a completely different colour to their bodies .. yours thou seem to come throu the same colour as their bodies. So maybe we dont have the same, as mine have legs very different from their bodies when they first come throu (and then their bodies change colour after to match the legs).

I need to work out the proper name of the 2 lots of marsh tabpoles I got. Im kind of worried about my baby frog and froglet as they climbed half way out of their pond today so may leave pond any time (if that is what marsh frogs do???) but around my pond is infested with ants (so Im worried they may attack the frogs). Hopefully baby frogs will be smart enough to avoid the ants and find themselves a safe place.

[CatherineM]

My spotted marsh frogs also know as spotted grass frogs are one of the five species of frog we can keep in Victoria without a license.

Their scientific name is limnodynastes tasmanoensis.