Could a lizard eat a commen froglet?

[luke123]

Originally Posted by Frilled13

i never knew common frogs were endangered.

they arent as far as i know

[commanderamanda]

Originally Posted by luke123

they arent as far as i know

British Amphibians

scroll down to the title Protection of Amphibians

[luke123]

Originally Posted by commanderamanda

British Amphibians

scroll down to the title Protection of Amphibians

well they arent endangered around me is all i can say

[neep_neep]

Originally Posted by commanderamanda

British Amphibians

scroll down to the title Protection of Amphibians

The only 'officially' endangered species are the Natterjack Toad and The Great Crested Newt. Which it states on the page you linked

[sparkle]

id say 100% no like the others... for various reasons.. the least not being whats the point of the risk...

[Frilled13]

they are as common as hell around me, i get as much as 20 at a time in my pond. But one of my dog takes his murderous toll whenever he can.

[WelshBoa]

You should be grateful then that you have this kind of wildlife using your garden. Would love to have frogs in mine.

[Frilled13]

Just build a pond and they literally stapede to it in summer and spring.

[Paulusworm]

I wanted to revive this thread to try and get a proper answer as I have a wc Malagasy Blonde Hognose and she is being a pain in the bum about feeding. One of her natural prey items back in Madagascar is the humble frog. I understand that catching and feeding her frogs from the wild is a no no and I would not want to run the risk of parasites and definately do not want to make life harder than it already is for our slimy little friends.

My question is this. If I got hold of some frog spawn from a friends garden pond and reared the tadpoles/froglets/frogs up to a suitable size would they be safe to feed to the hoggie to get her feeding regularly? I know that I would have control over parasites, disease, fungal infection, etc but does the common frog have any natural form of defensive toxin?

[teiryklav]

many in my country feed frogs to snakes. some have no problem, but some do get the snake died. it's up to you to take the risk. i know that some frog have some defense mechanism, and that might be dangerous. if the snake won't eat pinkies or mice, try live lizard first. still wont? try the frog but there's always the risk of that