gem_scott Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 I was in Animates and saw a small very green frog, we were told it was a green tree frog but the woman who was selling it seemed confused (we just guessed that it could be a green/golden bell). We have enough tanks and enough experience to keep both whistlers and bells (we have whistlers atm) so we put the little green gut in with our lil brown ones and thought we would just take him out when he got to big if he was infact a bell. He isnt growing as facst as we would expect for a bell and we are still unsure. can anyone identify him? He doesnt look like a bell to me but i didnt know we could get and sell green tree frogs legally in nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Looks like a golden bell to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 woman is barking up the wrong tree(frog) that's a bell for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Litoria aurea - green & golden bell frog wouldn't leave it in with whistlers at all as they can fit surprisingly large things in their mouthes even when small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 keeping in mind how small he is and that he is over 6 months old do you all still agree? is there such thing as a stunted golden bell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyedfrog Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Ours are around that big ( one larger , one smaller) and they are around 18months old. At the pond we got the tadpoles from I haven't seen any big ones -all seem pretty small. Have seen bigger ones on the other side of the hill though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Wow ours have never been this little at this age only at a couple of weeks old. Ok better make up the other tank then lolz. Thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 As stated L. aurea. Has the gold stripe along the side---hence the name. and a smooth back whereas the southern bells have a warty back and no stripe. And as advised they will hunt whistlers in the wild. Don't forget that they are are only found in the wild in the upper north Island so will not survive outside down here. I will buy it off you to save your whistlers if you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 when i first came to NZ i was at a rivcer with some mates and saw these frogs. i made an idiot of myself saying " Dont touch it! its bound to be poisonous! look at the bold markings!" (which is dead right usually in Africa...) course then i remembered that there arnt any poisonous animals in NZ :oops: :oops: :oops: Never have i lived it down! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 lots of poisonous marine stuff though (I suppose that is to be expected though) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I remember going to the river bank in the botanic gardens with an Ausie and being a bit surprised to see him beating the grass with a stick before sitting down, but then he was a strain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 As stated L. aurea. Has the gold stripe along the side---hence the name. and a smooth back whereas the southern bells have a warty back and no stripe. And as advised they will hunt whistlers in the wild. Don't forget that they are are only found in the wild in the upper north Island so will not survive outside down here. I will buy it off you to save your whistlers if you wish. That seems strange as we have always caught our golden bells in spencer park (they are minimised now though, cause of damn kids) We used to go down and could have caught up to 20 adults per day and once got 300 tads in one go just by a couple of sweaps of a net. If anyone wants them they do still have alot of tads there in season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 They would be southern bells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem_scott Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 they had the gold stripe, were bright green, smooth as and looked just like this one (just massive!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Yours is a golden bell (just picked it up--many thanks) Golden bells only survive in the wild in the northern half of the north Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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