Do you still have frogs in your area?

Where do you live? Every time there’s a hard rain here they’re everywhere. It’s so gross to see the dead, squished ones in the streets that are run over by cars. After Hurricane Ike, it seemed like we Texans were experiencing one of the biblical plagues!

@syz: We still have frogs, in great numbers. But I feel pathetic in telling you that I couldn’t differentiate between a pickerel and a spring peeper if my life depended on it.

I’m in North Carolina, which has had record breaking growth in population and construction, three years of severe drought, and a most unusual winter so far this year (it is 73 degrees as I type this).

Syz, I’m right across the NC/SC border and I’ve noticed the same lack of frogs.

@bythebay Here ya go:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/topics/frogCalls.html

http://www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs.html

Every winter we get little tiny ones that live under our brick pathway. They dig little holes and make homes. Then at night they jump out and roam the yard. If I go outside at night I’m always sure to have a flashlight handy so I don’t accidentally kill one.

sys! Good thing I don’t have Batrachophobia; what an interesting site. Thank you for that, my kids will love it, too.
I’ll be identifying peepers in no time!

We have a couple of rivers near, with an abundance of bullfrogs. BIIIG ones. We’re also home to Bufo alvarius, the infamous toad of “toad licking” fame. They make a cute “peep” sound.

I noticed a decline up until this past spring. We had a major flood in our area last March and I couldn’t believe how many frogs I heard. Sweet music.

GA to syz for those links. I can’t tell you how much fun I just had watching my two, indoor, Brooklyn cats freak out over those frog calls. They looked perplexed and started searching in every corner of the room for the unknown creature.

Yes they do. I had one in my garden yesterday!

@JellyB: Look above; syz sent me some great links to indentify types.

@bythebay Ah! Tnx! :D

I haven’t seen a lot of toads lately, but this spring the swamp down near my place of employment was alive with the sweet music of frogs singing their little hearts out.I’d like a few toads in the yard, but for some reason, we don’t have any. It’s not because of chemicals, as I am an organic gardener and have been for years.