Red frog identification

[KatinWales]

I've seen two of these now in Mid West Wales. I guess it COULD be a common frog, but the colouring really seems unusual. I grew up in this area and never saw any like this as a child. And now I've seen two in the past two years. Is it a common frog or some other kind?

[theresa dockery]

WOW!

It's definitely a Common Frog (Rana temporaria)...but an amazingly beautiful and unusual colour variation.

The colours are fantabulous

[faz]

it indeed is a common frog they can have a reddish or black colour although i have only ever see the normal ones it is a lovley colour nice find

[aeshna5]

I personally haven't seen a Common Frog this red, though it is one. They can show great variety in colour as others have said.

[Naturenutz]

When i was a lad (couple of years back ) i was forever at the local ponds catching newts and common frogs.I remember that i was always amazed at the variation in colours of adult frogs from any given pond.I saw a few like the frog you have but they were few and far between that colour..Frogs have great variation in colour,and remind me of autumn leaves in there colour variations.

[KatinWales]

So s/he's a not-so-common Common Frog then. Still a mighty special one in my books. S/he was very friendly too, happily posing for my photos.

I just wanted to say thanks for the responses. This was my first post on WildAboutBritain and it was so nice to read your replies. I'm glad to have joined the community and look forward to learning much more about the wonderful wildlife of Britain.

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by KatinWales

I just wanted to say thanks for the responses. This was my first post on WildAboutBritain and it was so nice to read your replies. I'm glad to have joined the community and look forward to learning much more about the wonderful wildlife of Britain.

Do get stuck in, more read than initiate or comment. I have never seen a frog with that kind of colouring, we have loads in the garden and they are all... err... Common or Garden coloured.

[KatinWales]

It's funny that I never saw frogs this colour before and have seen two now in the last year or so. It was this one (image below) that I saw the other night on the garden path that prompted me to upload the first photo (which is from somewhere near Capel Bangor Sept 2009):



Maybe red is fashionable for the Common Frogs of Mid Wales these days.

[2dogs2000]

This is my red frog from a few years ago. Haven't seen one for a long time.

[Jackaroo]

Maybe red is fashionable for the Common Frogs of Mid Wales these days.

Maybe they're bidding to replace the Red Dragon! They're not fire-breathing frogs are they?