Dixon1990 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Can you keep NZ native frogs? Ive only ever seen introduced ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 if you have a degree in conservation and on a government controlled conservation project, maybe not a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Ohk, Just thought id ask. They look way better than the australian species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Well, I have thought that if you did keep them, and they bred, DOC couldn't excatly tell you off, I mean isn't that kinda dumb? But who knows about governmant departments :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 they are pretty rare i have never seen a native frog in the wild only introduced species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 They are only in the noth island, cook straight and malbourough sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 We live up in the bush and one day we came home and found a little brown frog sitting on our front door so we just left and it and in the morning it was gone. Don't have any idea what species it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Probably an australian one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Probably Litoria ewingii (Sp?), Cam. Did it have round markings on the side of its head (ear-drums) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 I'm not sure it was a few years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I don`t really think its "kinda dumb" as someone put it.They are harder to keep alive and healthy than you or I might think,if every Tom ,dick and harry goes out and starts looking or them,let alone catching them???Habitat destruction,breeding population decimation etc etc.They are not endangered for nothing.Someone maybe lucky enough to breed some but I suspect alot more harm than good would happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 it would be great if one day Nz native frogs are available on a permitted system like the geckos and skinks, while they are endangered like they are I don't see it happening for a loooonnnggg time!! we are lucky we can keep the Australian frogs that are here, the green and golden and whistling are beautiful frogs, who knows maybe someone might find an albino whistling tree frog one day. I agree with Repto imagine if it were made public where the Albino green and goldens frogs were, there would be a big rush to find them and the area would be trashed, same thing for natives if they were available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 the guy to ask, would be Dr Ben Bell at Victoria University, because he keeps them there and is kind of a frog guru. They are super super rare though, I imagine the red tape is pretty thick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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