very very little frogs

tikimuppet · #1 (**permalink**) 28-06-2009, 11:34 PM

Hi I live in a basement flat which has a rather damp area just outside the back door (it's where all of the gutter pipes etc go to), anyway, since I moved in I have had a number of small frogs try to get into my flat, and I mean REALLY small, from about 1cm to 4cm.
I originally thought that they were just baby frogs, but I moved in February.

Does anyone have any idea what kind of frogs these may be?

This is one of the smaller ones:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...5thjune031.jpg

m1.carson · #2 (**permalink**) 28-06-2009, 11:39 PM

Hi,

Looking at their mouths I'd guess they're last years toads, but I'm sure someone will put me right.

frogs have pointy noses and toads have rounded ones.

Max.

Kayleigh · #3 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 01:07 AM

looks like a common frog to me..

Hedge Witch · #4 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 06:53 AM

Yes, they are Common Frogs. I'm guessing you have a pond or other body of water near your flat, tikimuppet?

kiltoncomp · #5 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 10:02 AM

on an early morning walk in Clumber Park yesterday, we came across hundreds of tiny frogs/toads leaving the lake edge and hopping along the footpaths in all directions, it was difficult to walk without stepping on them , they were so numerous! ( i hate to think of the numbers that would be killed later in the day by other visitors/cyclists etc

)

even after leaving the lakeside and up into heath and plantation areas, we were still finding large numbers of them half a mile from the lake!

this one was slightly larger(12mm) and looks to be a toad.

looks like its been a good year for them so far

Brian

marvin · #6 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 05:53 PM

hi brian

the earlier pics are common frogs, yours are common toads. very cute aren't they

.

tim

diggleken · #7 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 06:02 PM

They are spreading out at this time - I remember finding hundreds against a concrete wall near some ponds a few years ago, all trying to escape to pastures new. Rehomed most.
Yesterday saw quite a few froglets in the grass locally, just hopping away frantically.
Saw an adult frog up in the heather at 1500ft a couple of weeks ago, no ponds up there but plenty of food - just shows how far they can travel.
Cheers
Ken

James M · #8 (**permalink**) 29-06-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diggleken

They are spreading out at this time - I remember finding hundreds against a concrete wall near some ponds a few years ago, all trying to escape to pastures new. Rehomed most.
Yesterday saw quite a few froglets in the grass locally, just hopping away frantically.
Saw an adult frog up in the heather at 1500ft a couple of weeks ago, no ponds up there but plenty of food - just shows how far they can travel.
Cheers
Ken

Yes I've seen them up there, I've even noticed frog spawn in temporary pools, but I doubt they last long if it's particulary cold.

tikimuppet · #9 (**permalink**) 03-07-2009, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hedge Witch

Yes, they are Common Frogs. I'm guessing you have a pond or other body of water near your flat, tikimuppet?

I live metres away from the sea, but I doubt they would've come from there....
Although there are a few underground rivers and streams near me, could they live underground?

And thanks to everyone else who replied =)