Release call?

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Tonight, Dumper (white's tree frog) jumped on Jade's back and Jade started calling quietly. Jade tried to get away and Dumper continued climbing on Jade's back until Jade leaped away sending Dumper tumbling to the bottom.

Was that a male release call coming from Jade? Do I finally have to give in that Jade is a male? Wouldn't Dumper be too young/wrong time of the year to try to mate? He really wanted to be on Jade's back.

[John]

Dumper would have "amplexed" if he was in the mood for love, not just jump on Jade's back. I would think Jade's a male too from your other descriptions.

[into]

Dumper would have "amplexed" if he was in the mood for love, not just jump on Jade's back. I would think Jade's a male too from your other descriptions.

I wrote that wrong... he didn't jump on Jade's back, he climbed on Jade's back like he was straddling him and when Jade moved, Dumper did it again causing the sudden crash to the bottom. I know what amplexus looks like (I've been there a few times ) but I don't know what the male does to get to get to that position. All I know from watching is that Jade was the target and "he" wasn't having that. Usually they see each other as another rock in the pond, but Dumper knew Jade was a frog and wanted to be on top

Yes, I'll accept Jade is a male... name doesn't quite fit now. Maybe his name is "Jake".

[John]

I met a guy called Jade a few weeks ago. I bought cockroaches from him.

[Kurt]

I thought Jude would work as well.

[into]

I thought Jude would work as well.

or Jud, or JD Frog. Or I think I'll use his nickname: Scar since he's messed up his face again from repeated escape attempts. Today I let him come out and he knew exactly where the new door is. He was waiting at at the door and I let him out to wander (supervised) He promptly found a warm spot across the room on top of Scooter's tank and fell asleep. He wants to be a free roaming frog... which isn't going to happen, but maybe once and a while.

[Ebony]

Or Joad, short for Jody/Jodie. Or does that sound to much like toad?

Ive just been talking to someone about the Whites tree Frogs here and apparently if you do manage to get one and MAFF(Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry & Fisheries) finds out then they will destroy it. It seems that they think that back in the 60's when they were introduced, they didn't survive,and that the Whites frogs here now were brought in. There are cases going to court as we speak. Allot of unhappy people who had Whites destroyed. I will wait and see how things play out. I will just have to enjoy watching the Beautiful Whites families on this Forum. Scooter is going to be awesome to watch grow up.