A Spring Peeper in Amsterdam

Awesome story Swift, and a nice little froggy!

Congrats with the new pet!

I hope it will do fine... maybe you can find it a mate, so it won't be alone...

I suppose it was a pet ...but somehow it left from the previous owners ...How bad to keep exotic pets ...

But you Swift has no other choice except to take care of it ...LOL ...so enjoy the little company ...

..and thank you for shearing those pics with us..

Will he sing the Happy birthday song for you today ???

Well almost a month later 

Froggie stayed with me and that means I have to keep it "alive and kicking"

And not only the Froggie but also the crickets it eats

Got some more info and all is going okay.

Sometimes I think, hearing a sound coming from Froggies "home space".

But maybe just wishfull thinking

The sounds that can stimulate Froggie to whistle are available with all the cam sounds in this household. But it has to be a male specie to do so.

Just to let you know about this new pet 

It is again a month later and I was wondering how it goes with your froggie? With Alf posting pics of tree frogs I had to think of this one.

Hi Cerinthe,

It is still here and doing fine. It is calling a few times a day, more in the evening. I am thinking about all the frogsounds we do hear on our PC's it is hearing that too Will that be a threath or joyfull ?

Found a link with the sound it nearly makesCLICK

The call is somewhat like the Tinker Reedfrog and the Argus Reedfrog. So if it is not the Spring Peeper (it should whistle in spring) then maybe related to these. A little ........Reedfrog It does not bother me to much though, for me it is more important to keep it healthy and happy !

Crickets, who had a chance to escape, are in the end found by my cats   I can catch them, again, after my cats allert me that there is one jumping in the house. It are young crickets and not calling yet. If 1 survives and gets it to adulthood, I have the cricket sound too in my house We will know in March/April I think.

Great site, and lovely frogs. I never really listened to frog sounds, this is great.

Is the sound of a tap dripping at EP maybe a frog too?

I think it is on there, the running frog 

It's why I asked the question lol

It sounds almost like it. Is the site about SA frogs?

lol

I have been clicking more throug this site and there are more frogs pictures and sounds. All by research in Kenya. So not SA specific.

But I am happy with all the info, specialy the audio on the amphibianlist.

Try the Kids part   ;-) 

Here is the site I posted yesterday in Campfire chat.  It has the running frog sound and another that sounds a lot like ones we hear at NK and EP.

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/kids_page/frogs/index.html

Well almost a year further and yes it is still with me

Made its little sharp calls many times the last month's and is eating the crickets with and without extra vitamins and minerals. I  know for sure it has a very good eyside, because when it is out side its hiding place, it is following every move form me

Have a digital camera now and this is a few from the pictures made.

PS 1 male cricket made it to adulthood, after his escape, and did shirp in, and later, outside my house Big laughs about that also with my neighbour.  Not a normal sound to be heard in the centre of this city

The pics are great! Lovely to see the little fella.

Swift, What a wonderful true story.

Swift ..thank you for sharing with us those pics ...You must be proud of him ...

Thanks a lot for sharing, Swift!

Cerinthe, do you mean this one ?

bubbling kassina

it was recorded at EP.

Swift,

do you know if it's a male or a female ?

It's great that he/she is doing so well ! 

This is great Swift!  I remember when you got him

Thanks for the update - you're a good froggy mother