American Green Tree Frog - Orchid Board

Tindomul · #1 12-28-2006, 12:31 AM

This is my American Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea
No name once again. I lack the imagination

Here it(he) is when younger

And here he is now:

terrestrial_man · #2 12-28-2006, 04:24 AM

Wow how great. I used to have alot of tree frogs in my yard, Hyla californica , the Pacific Tree Frog. There were so many in my ponds that it was like a roar when they were in their season. got so bad that I collected a whole lot of them and hauled them off and dumped them into a farmer's reservoir where there were more frogs. But since then all my frogs have disappeared. Don't know if it is because my dog was eating them, or cats were getting them, or kids collecting them, or that I had collected all the females and so all the males went off???? I was thinking maybe air pollution or insecticides spray or ??? I do not use any inseciticides in my yard. But just a few months ago I saw a tree frog in my greenhouse! Unreal so I know that I have at least one left. Also for your info I found a dead worm salamander by my back door last year. It is quite possible that I have them in a large pool that has leaks and that I fill with water and let drain to its lowest, It is overgrown and possibly there may be the worm salamanders in there as well. If it weren't for the fact that I let my backyard get wild I would not see some of the birds that I have never seen before, including a Night Heron. But I am digressing. Really enjoy your amphibians!!!! And thanks for sharing too!

terrestrial_man · #3 12-28-2006, 04:27 AM

Oh, how about LUCKY!

Tindomul · #4 12-28-2006, 07:53 PM

Hey Tman. Thanks for the responce and story. Amphibians are on decline throughout the world. Why yours seem to have disappeared, I have no idea. Could be anything from human interference, pollution, or just unsuitable habitat. Well, glad to hear you are among those who appreciate them

Tindomul · #5 01-21-2007, 10:30 PM

Got a good pic of him today. Hope you like. I really like his color.

christina waines · #6 01-24-2007, 04:22 PM

he's really cute Tindo. We used to get tree frogs in the greenhouses where I used to work. They would sit inside the cyclamen leaves and scare the east indian ladies into fits. It was always a bit startleing to pick up a plant off the bench and start cleaning it and have a green thing jump out at you!

Ross · #7 01-24-2007, 04:26 PM

Things here in Michigan have gotten so bad with frog decline that the State DNR has an annual frog count state-wide in the spring. I personally think chemicals have had a large affect on the amphibians in general. But loss of habitat is another factor.

Tindomul · #8 01-24-2007, 10:34 PM

Its more a slew of factors killing amphibians. Chytrid fungus, pollution, climate change, and they are all interrelated. Pollution makes reproduction numbers worse, climate change, makes diseases (Chytrid Fungus) worse, etc....The Leopard frog has dissappeared from Long Island, where it was the most common frog on Long Island. No one knows why!!! All the other amphibians living in the same habitat are fine. Its really wierd.