Marsh Frogs

snake · #1 (**permalink**) 18-05-2009, 08:27 PM

There are plenty of Frogs showing now on my patch. I think they are all Marsh Frogs but there is such a colour variation, dark green through to light green and some with a stripe down their backs.

Adam Cheeseman · #2 (**permalink**) 25-05-2009, 10:43 PM

Third one is definitely a Marsh Frog and the second one does look right too. Can't say I've ever seen them without the stripe but I know they can vary.
If they are chuckling at the moment then they'll be Marshys more than likely.

Cheers,

Adam

Bullseye · #3 (**permalink**) 28-05-2009, 09:46 PM

First two are Marshies,third one could be an Edible,huge confusion over marsh/edible/pool frogs, edible being a viable,fertile, cross between marsh and pool,lots of marshies round here and quite a few edibles,so where are the pool frogs ?,even Rana taxonamists get a headache over these three !.

Adam Cheeseman · #4 (**permalink**) 28-05-2009, 10:13 PM

I didn''t like to say

fairy frogmother · #5 (**permalink**) 30-05-2009, 01:29 AM

Is it possible to differentiate between common frog tadpoles and marsh frog tadpoles?

Some of my tadpoles are significantly bigger than others and some have a lighter coloured V shaped on their heads/ upper backs. I did have at least one marsh frog hanging around earlier on this year so I am wondering if the larger tadpoles are in fact marsh frog tadpoles

aeshna5 · #6 (**permalink**) 30-05-2009, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by fairy frogmother

Is it possible to differentiate between common frog tadpoles and marsh frog tadpoles?

Some of my tadpoles are significantly bigger than others and some have a lighter coloured V shaped on their heads/ upper backs. I did have at least one marsh frog hanging around earlier on this year so I am wondering if the larger tadpoles are in fact marsh frog tadpoles

Marsh Frogs do breed much later than Common Frogs as they need water about 18C, so usually spawn around May.

Possibly you may also have tadpoles that didn't metamorphose last year?

Gill Catton · #7 (**permalink**) 30-05-2009, 08:26 AM

I think all three of these are marsh frogs, no dark eye mask which would suggest common frog. Plus I rarely seem to see common frogs amongst a large population of marsh frogs (note I have casually ignored the whole green frog cross breeding scenario - I intend to continue to do this until the day I can be bothered to catch a few animals and compare their digits!)