fishboi Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 has anyone seen anything like it? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=87530765 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Which - the frog or the price??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Now who says money don't grow on trees. Well puddles in bromeliads then. Almost worth giving them a kiss and seeing what happens. Might be a princess with that colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 wow kool, wish i had see nthe auction earlier, nice spottin fishboi. Ive never seen anything like them or herd of them been yellow, has anyone else seen these before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Which - the frog or the price??? the frog. cute as a button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think that they are going to list the rest if you're up for one. Me I have to try and save for a bigger filter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 As you might have noticed I competed in the bidding (Up to just over $100) :oops: :roll: Would have went higher but that nzdragons was not going to stop Wanted to try get the five to attempt breeding. They look awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 wow crazy- never seen anything in my life like it before- they look almost like golden mantella's... I'm a bit sus though- do you guys reackon they are albino or something else??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think that they are going to list the rest if you're up for one. would have thought if ur goin to spend that sort of money u would take them all for breeding, pointless just having one david, they're albino with red eyes and it was wild caught where there was other bell frogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 oh ok.... I was just a bit us because Ihave heard a few stories of peple smuggling fogs into nz then releasing them into ponds and claiming they have found a species of frog previously unknown in nz.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 I think somethings abit dodgy with those frogs, 1 - a nine year old spotted them - yea rite to me thats covering there ass, if it was truely jst a find they wouldnt need to explain nothing. 2 - if they are just a through back or something from a green/golden bell why havent we seen em before? but yea i maybe wrong but seems all to good to be true to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Basically I think its because to be albino they need complete recessive genes... They never turn up in the wild because we can't control who breeds with who and by far the majority carry the dominant trait, making the recessive gene lost as a split. Those splits breed with another dominant frog and the recessive genes are lost further etc. I just saw these before they closed so hadn't prepared for them... I'm hoping that the winner only take a couple and we are offered the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 been reading--- See http://frogs.org.au/community/viewtopic ... 8a430df792 they thought it was Litoria aurea but apparently not... couldn't find much else to document the prescence of albino populations or L. Aurea or L. raniformis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I know this is an old post but does anyone know the person who purchased them and how the frogs are going?? I am still kicking myself for not bidding higher than I did, only saw them a couple of minutes before they were closing. If not, anyone else have any available? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 thought i'll post the pics up before they expire on trademe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTam22 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 there beautiful aren't they!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 haha i still want some too.... but not at $120 a pop!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Gee... Thanks for uploading those photos, I'm kicking myself even more now :lol: :oops: :roll: Nah, would be very keen if anyone gets hold of some at any stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 haha i still want some too.... but not at $120 a pop!!! if u think of them as fancy plecos than its pretty reasonable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 another one is on trademe. but not a true albino just a split. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 240151.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterfly Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Just seen them and I say weird man. Wonder what would happen if you crossed them? Do you know their sexes yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Trademe just withdrew the auction, wonder why?? Anyway butterfly, crossing depends on genetics this is a split (Rr) so if you breed with a completely dominant frog (RR) you will get a mixture of offspring being dominant (RR) and some dominant splits (Rr). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Trademe just withdrew the auction, wonder why?? Dunno maybe someone complained as your not suppose to auction anything other than fish from what i understand it should of been listed in otherpets as a listing not an auction, which sux cos then the fun of an auction is lost. Same goes with turtles you can run an auction in the fish section but if someone brings it to tm's attention they'l withdraw it and give ya a warning :evil: . I maybe wrong but tm seem to be pulling random auctions lately even some fish auctions, all seem to have had good bids on to so maybe ppl are complaining. Tms reasoning is tht in an auction you cant choose/make sure its going to a good home but in a listing you can :roll: some fish are rather valuable and just as important as a frog/turtle/otherpet (rat/mice) etc so how and why fish can be auctioned freely and not other pets has me stumpd, seems to be double standards imo it should be all or nothing, I think tm needs to clarify what can an cant be auctioned. I maybe completely wrong but thts how i see it at the moment, would be interesting to see what other opinions are on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 TM is pulling all auctions that have been 'phished', not because there is something wrong with them. I had it happen to. The 'hackers' used my TM account to sell cellphones, when TM picked up what was happening - I was at work - they pulled all auctions under my account including my fish ones. When it was sorted and I asked them to put them back on they couldn't find them. Stu was one of my contacts and everyone I have had contact with this year has also been hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 maybe they just got a better offer outside of tm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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