Creck-eck from Alaska

[Kurt]

Welcome aboard.

[Jace]

Sounds like you have a pretty neat job. I've only seen muskoxen and caribou on t.v.-it must really be something to see them up close and personal. The closest I've come to an animal remotely like that is a moose, and I don't know who was more startled, me or him!!

I've included a picture of my male PCF, Yoki, so you can see what his throat looks like. If your froglets' throat starts to darken and wrinkle, then he is a boy; if it stays relatively smooth and white in colour, then female. Yoki is a very portly boy and can get vocal enough at 2 AM to wake up the whole house.

[Molch]

Jo-anna - that's one handsome big honkin' boy. How big is he?

I posted pics of mine in the tree frog forum (they are in the Hylidae family, or not?)
cheers Claudia

[Jace]

I just saw your pictures-beautiful colouring! I have one of my froglets that likes to bounce back and forth from Yoki's colouring to a beautiful green. I also have a couple of froglets that are golden bronze in colour.

Yoki is about 2" long...and 2" wide too!! He was about an inch when I got him, so he has plumped up nicely. The picture I included below is of my female, Taiki. She was smaller than an inch when I was gifted with her and she is now almost as big as Yoki. I also have 5 froglets all around 1" long that I have not positively sexed yet.

[Molch]

I love those subtle beige tones on your girl. My fella doesn't change color much - except from bright green to more of an olive green when sleeping.

[JimO]

Those are great pictures. I love it.

Welcome to the forum Molch. Forgive the dumb question, but are there even any frogs native to Alaska?

Sounds like you have a pretty neat job. I've only seen muskoxen and caribou on t.v.-it must really be something to see them up close and personal. The closest I've come to an animal remotely like that is a moose, and I don't know who was more startled, me or him!!

I've included a picture of my male PCF, Yoki, so you can see what his throat looks like. If your froglets' throat starts to darken and wrinkle, then he is a boy; if it stays relatively smooth and white in colour, then female. Yoki is a very portly boy and can get vocal enough at 2 AM to wake up the whole house.

[Molch]

Welcome to the forum Molch. Forgive the dumb question, but are there even any frogs native to Alaska?

yes there are, though our herping opportunities are a bit, um, limited.
The only wide-spread herp is the wood frog, but in southeast Alaska there are also boreal toads, rough-skinned newts and a few Ambystoma macrodactylums.

However, where I live, in Nome in NW Alaska (Arctic tundra), we are completely herp less. You' d have to go at least about 100 miles east to find wood frogs

[Jace]

You know, I just learned something new today. I didn't even know Alaska had any native frogs, so thanks for that!

Taiki, like you're little one, was a stowaway, too. She snuck into a friends camping gear and made a trip from the B.C. coast to where I live. I guess even small frogs like to travel!!