Well a update in more ways than one.....

[everett]

Well...its been a sad day,I went to where I got my egg mass in the tire ruts and they were all dried up and over 50 masses were gone and are now fly food....man mother nature is crule sometimes...but on a up beat the eggs I kept are alive and doing fine...and so are the little tadpoles, some are out and about now anyone know what they maybe?...sorry my camera was going dead when i took the pics...
Well I saved some of the larvae from the sun...it just sucks!!!
Everett

By the way I didnt relize a little tadpole was in the larvae setup....he must of hitchhiked on the plants...LOL I need to go catch him...and return him to his home.
Everett

(Message edited by steamer70 on April 22, 2006)

 

[edward]

The thing to remember is that the ecology of these species often takes into account losses of eggs and larva due to the pools drying up. This causes more nutrients to be available at the site the following year which causes a better food supply and growth of the larva. This can even happen several times in a row.

Everett I strongly suggest not letting the animals go again as this is turning out to be a major source of novel pathogens. (See chytrid for examples). If you have excess animals, you can give them away...

If I remember correctly, it is against state law to release wildlife unless you are a licensed rehabilitator...

Ed

 

[ian]

Well, as Ed said, Mother Nature is not cruel. However, consider how human messed up the planet and caused global warming, I think human is what cruel in this case.

 

[joseph]

To drag this off topic anyone able to perhaps ID that frog? It looks like maybe some kind of chorus frog.

 

[edward]

My first thought was P. crucifer....

Ed

 

[everett]

Hi,
Ed sorry for the mix up....but I never let anything go,or returned anything to the wild...when I said I was returning the tadpole to his home I meant to the aquarium I have the tadpoles in....
Again sorry for the confusion,
Everett