Thanks a bunch! I have seen at least 2 of the 6 I took from my yard digging in the substrate. I keep finding them in my yard as I try to mow the grass and I don't want to hurt them x.x What interesting and cute little frogs they are!
What do you mean? I have been taking a lot of them down to the creek a few block away but they keep showing up in my yard and i am not really sure what do with all of them. They are everywhere. Would it be bad if i started taking them to a different area farther away instead of selling them? Is it okay to do that so they stop camping in my yard?
Once the breeding season ends and the weather heats up I suspect you won't see them anymore. If you don't want them in your yard there's no right or wrong. It's your yard after all. But taking them somewhere else local would certainly be better than selling them in my opinion. Most places where humans live (urban, suburban landscapes) don't lend themselves well to biodiversity, for a variety of reasons. Fragmented habitat, exposure to toxic chemicals, non native horticultural practices, and so on. You're quite lucky to have them in abundance where you live.
Yea i leave my yard organic becuase i love animals and really enjoy seeing them. But I have been having problems with them as i keep seeing them get eaten by birds and hit with mowers. SO i am a little shocked they are even here in my yard. I thought these frogs needed water to breed? Anyway thanks a bunch for the information and i will indeed be taking them to a place farther away from my home so they might have a better survival rate! Thanks so much Shrike!
No worries! They do need water to breed and are very capable of moving long distances to find it. You've probably noticed already but cricket frogs are great long distance jumpers.
Actually I noticed that! They are very loud too. I was hearing this noise like river stones being struck together. They woke up around 3:00am and I was a bit freaked out until I looked outside in the tank where I have been putting the collected frogs and realized it was them making all the noise! It was insane! Absolutely wonderful frogs though and I am very happy you spoke up! I can't wait to take them after work today and release them all! I am hoping it will help boost their numbers greatly! So I will end up running one more round up in my yard to catch any stragglers and begin their movement a few miles away at a nice clean creek! I did a lot of research on them and I see they are really struggling for no apparent reason except the reasons you listed above so I am happy to be able to help relocate them to a clean water source so they can continue breeding!