Frogger and his new friend

[koubee]

We got Frogger our GTF a new friend today, fingers crossed we have one of each sex.
Here are some pics of them.
Frogger is the darker green of the two. The pic of just 1 frog is our new one. Yet to be named.

 

[Chrisreptile]

very nice liz, hope oneday u can get some tadpoles.

 

[warp81]

very nice i like the name frogger

 

[mrmikk]

What do you pay for GTF and do you need a permit to keep them?

Mikk

 

[hornet]

bout $20 for young ones and yes you do

 

[Australis]

Depend what state your in? in QLD you can just catch your own of some species.

 

[hornet]

really, i thought u needed a licence for all in qld?

 

[meshe1969]

from:www.frogs.org.au

Queensland licences and protection

The Queensland governmental departments responsible for frogs are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS). It is difficult to locate the relevant laws either online or by telephoning the agencies.

To the best of my knowledge, these are the important regulations (as at March 2005):

* All frog indigenous to Australia are protected wildlife and cannot be taken from the wild in any form (adult, juvenile, larva or egg) without a permit.
* The exception to the above is that a person may take and keep up to eight adult frogs of up to four species but no more than two frogs of any one species "for personal enjoyment". The "taking" (catching) must be done on the person’s own property and the frogs be kept on that property. The frogs can’t be displayed and should there be progeny, the metamorphs must be released at the point of capture within 7 days of metamorphosis.
* Frogs from outside Queensland must not be moved into the state without a permit.

The application for the relevant permit is available online but you may need to make a phone call to discover the exact cost. (It is around $50.)

 

[meshe1969]

In clarification to the above, you still need a permit to purchase frogs, locally and interstate.

 

[koubee]

Thanks guys, how do you sex a gtf?

 

[Chrisreptile]

i was told that males have little grippers on their front legs. (dont know if its true)

 

[javier]

the male will croak at night and when it rains
but thats what iv herd

 

[meshe1969]

You can only ### them when they reach maturity, very aprox. 12 months.

The males call and the females don't (although they will make a distress call or similiar "chatter" in some situations.
The males throat may be darker (due to the expanding vocal sac when they call)
and males have "nuptial pads" (the dark rough patches near the thumbs).
If the last two are not present it can still be a boy! The only 100% way of sexing is by the mating call.

 

[meshe1969]

Females can tend to be a bit bigger for there age as well.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

cute frogs and great name

 

[nocajudo]

yeah frooger is cool i remeber the game

 

[Lozza]

Frogger is a cool name and a cool game...I'd call the new one lime JMO