frog i.d.

[asberry2]

Can anyone identify this frog for me? I got it from a local pond as a tadpole. It just recently came completely out of the water







. I live in western North Carolina if that helps. Thank you.

 

[asberry2]

Anybody have an idea? Or somewhere I could find out?

 

[Freakgecko91]

Judging by the "X" on the back, my guess would be a spring peeper, a very common frog in the eastern and central US. Plus a quick google search shows they do in fact live in western NC. I see them all the time here in Michigan

 

[asberry2]

Yeah you're definitely right....I'm trying to figure of my best options for feeding them...any ideas?

 

[Freakgecko91]

Pinhead crickets maybe? Like new born. Otherwise you could try fruit flys or springtails (both commonly used to feed dart frogs)

 

[asberry2]

I'll try pinheads....and the only way I know to get silvertails is to find some and raise them...

 

[asberry2]

Springtails I mean....and I'm not sure how to keep fruit flies...especially in the frog cage

 

[Freakgecko91]

You can find fruitfly and springtails cultures (larva + food) on most websites that sell reptile or amphibian supplies, like black jungle or LLL reptile

 

[asberry2]

I don't understand how you're supposed to feed fruit flies..?they wouldn't be contained in my enclosure...

 

[Freakgecko91]

They're flightless lol

 

[asberry2]

Well then. That makes sense. But the fruit flies I'm thinking of fly everywhere and are extremely annoying.

 

[Freakgecko91]

Haha yeah, these are different

 

[asberry2]

Okay. I've got two different looking frogs..different than the ones we decided were spring peepers.











The one that is visible maybe just be a darker color or something... But the one that is still underwater has lots of green spots all over its back...any ideas on what they are?