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[Ward Chillington]

Ok @Sunfire96 ...more amphibian id work...down in the garden staking tomatoes and I have noted lots of these little guys...thinking just your run of the mill hop toad but all of them are this black color....is it a phase or a species?

 

[Sunfire96]

Ok @Sunfire96 ...more amphibian id work...down in the garden staking tomatoes and I have noted lots of these little guys...thinking just your run of the mill hop toad but all of them are this black color....is it a phase or a species?

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I will get on it! Long day on the road so I'll get to it tomorrow

 

[Ward Chillington]

I will get on it! Long day on the road so I'll get to it tomorrow

Cool! BTW, peppers look better than the tomatoes....but the 2 I had off the vine were delicious! You can see some of the signs of the downpour in the drain ditch.

 

[Donoroto]

Nice garden @Ward Chillington !

 

[GFHomebrew]

Ok @Sunfire96 ...more amphibian id work...down in the garden staking tomatoes and I have noted lots of these little guys...thinking just your run of the mill hop toad but all of them are this black color....is it a phase or a species?

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Looks like your standard cane toad to me time to get the 9 iron out!

 

[Herm brews]

As I was cleaning up, dumping brewing waste in the garden, I spotted a little Baja California Tree Frog, just hanging out on the edge of a garden watering bucket. They are around, as we hear them frequently near home. But this was the first one I have ever seen. A frog day.

 

[Zambi]

Still working on my grass, but the rest is coming along:
Chinese cabbage and Mustard Spinach (egg plants totally on the left)

Pawpaw (papaya) and Banana

Chili and Curry tree

And a variety

 

[Donoroto]

Love those heavy-duty fence posts. The local wildlife is probably more robust than a typical rabbit...

 

[GFHomebrew]

No grass no need to mow!
That last photo on bottom of page them big leafy plants behind what looks like an olive are they Tumeric?
I know I'm a bit obsessed with the stuff
They could be Arrowroot as well not sure if you get that Stuff In SA
We make biscuits out of it in Aus not many would know what the plant looks like though.

 

[Craigerrr]

These will be delicious in time! Well, they are actually already delicious as they are Delicious apples!

 

[Sunfire96]

These will be delicious in time! Well, they are actually already delicious as they are Delicious apples!
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Is this the every other year tree you mentioned before?

 

[Craigerrr]

Is this the every other year tree you mentioned before?

Yes it is!

 

[Zambi]

Love those heavy-duty fence posts. The local wildlife is probably more robust than a typical rabbit...

It's goat-proofing!!!!

 

[Zambi]

No grass no need to mow!
That last photo on bottom of page them big leafy plants behind what looks like an olive are they Tumeric?
I know I'm a bit obsessed with the stuff
They could be Arrowroot as well not sure if you get that Stuff In SA
We make biscuits out of it in Aus not many would know what the plant looks like though.

Almost right;
It's galangal
I got turmeric and ginger growing as well

 

[GFHomebrew]

Almost right;
It's galangal
I got turmeric and ginger growing as well

Well there ya go! Leaf is way different than ginger leaf I hear Galangal is similar to Ginger?
We grow heaps of ginger around Sunny Coast.
Also the big Pineapple is near where I live I've herd South Africa Built a near replica but just bigger than ours lol!

 

[Ward Chillington]

Green Thumbs up Brewers....I mean Gardeners! Good looking growth!

 

[Zambi]

Well there ya go! Leaf is way different than ginger leaf I hear Galangal is similar to Ginger?
We grow heaps of ginger around Sunny Coast.
Also the big Pineapple is near where I live I've herd South Africa Built a near replica but just bigger than ours lol!

Galangal is more peppery than ginger and is used a lot in Thai and Indonesian cooking and I suppose also in other SE Asian cooking

 

[Sunfire96]

Ok @Sunfire96 ...more amphibian id work...down in the garden staking tomatoes and I have noted lots of these little guys...thinking just your run of the mill hop toad but all of them are this black color....is it a phase or a species?

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Sorry for the delay! So it seems there are 3 toad species found in PA. We can first eliminate the spadefoot toad as a possibility due to the prominent parotoid glands on your toad specimen (the large nodules behind the eyes. Spadefoot toads' parotoid glands are severely reduced).

So that leaves the Eastern american toad (or hoptoad as you called it) and the Fowler's toad. Due to the shape of the parotoid glands (elongated vs kidney shaped) and the presence of the white/light-colored line down the spine, I believe this is a Fowler's toad. Hoptoads also have a "spur" connecting the cranial ridge behind the eye to the parotoid gland, which I'm not seeing in the above picture. However none of the photos I found of either species are quite that dark, but the Fowler's toad had more dark gray examples than any of the hoptoads.

The other methods for distinguishing these species are abdominal and throat coloration which I can't see in this pic.

That's my guess at least! Thanks for giving me a reason to dust off the ol' zoology degree

Sources:
https://www.tn.gov/twra/wildlife/amphibians/frogs-and-toads/fowlers-toad.html

https://www.fishandboat.com/Resourc...mphibiansReptiles/Pages/TheFrogsandToads.aspx

 

[Craigerrr]

It has been well over 45 days, and still no tomatoes!

 

[Ward Chillington]

The other methods for distinguishing these species are abdominal and throat coloration which I can't see in this pic.

Got a " bolo " on hoppy.....hmmmmm....maybe I should check out around my Fuggles..yeah I know but I like dad jokes!