Frog Question.

[Hamish]

Okay, i know its not the best asking this question without a picture of one, but i found this frog the other day and it was a nice bright looking green.. thought nothing of it as i know there are frogs in this stream/pond ive been visiting for a few years.

then it came to me that by the time the tadpole grows into a frog, its should be alot bigger than this one was. it looked fully growen, had no sign of a "tadpole tail" etc.. just looked like a normal frog, but could almost fit on my thumb nail.

now im not clued up on frogs at all, i kept them as a kid and ive grabbed them for live food for various species ive kept in the past.. but now im curious about this one, maybe a common species?

i wouldnt have a clue about different species of frog.. so thats why this has me wondering..

the pond dosn't get accessed by anyone.. it just sits in the middle of nowhere playing the foodchain game..

but the pond is a little drive away, so not like i can go there "after work" or anything, heh.

im keen to grab a couple now, ive kept some in the past and they were normal sized etc.. just this one was in a different place and could be a different species..

okay so thats all i can really say about it. (sorry for the ramble!)

if someone would know what species it maybe from what little information i have about it, that'd be cool!

thanks in advance.

[broms2]

if bright green it will be a green and golden bellfrog (litoria aurea)

if warty back with light green stripe up its back it will be southern bellfrog (litoria raniformis) I have found wild caught young frogs are quite often small compared to captive morphed frogs, maybe just better and more food when captive.

hope this helps

[Hamish]

yeah sounds like the first one,

and the second is what i know as a "frog" well as a kid anyway.

thanks!

ill go out sometime this week/end and get some pics of some.