European Tree Frogs

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Hi Charles
I also knew the owner and I am sure that he told me he colelcted them from Turkey - but I may be mistaken if you know otherwise. The owner also said that he had collected around 30 frogs from his garden as they were getting too noisy. He stated that he had taken them to Martin Noble in the New Forest - so at least these animals may be living in his collection in the New Forest.
The frogs often escaped from the green houses they were living in and were frequently returned by disgruntled neighbours who couldnt cope with the noise during the summer all of this was conveyed to be by the owner before he passed away.
I know a few people in Essex that are helping with the owner's widow in keeping the garden going and also helping with the animals.
JC

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herpetologic2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Coordinator Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1511	Post Options Post Reply Quote herpetologic2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 2007 at 12:13pm
	Hi Charles I also knew the owner and I am sure that he told me he colelcted them from Turkey - but I may be mistaken if you know otherwise. The owner also said that he had collected around 30 frogs from his garden as they were getting too noisy. He stated that he had taken them to Martin Noble in the New Forest - so at least these animals may be living in his collection in the New Forest. The frogs often escaped from the green houses they were living in and were frequently returned by disgruntled neighbours who couldnt cope with the noise during the summer all of this was conveyed to be by the owner before he passed away. I know a few people in Essex that are helping with the owner's widow in keeping the garden going and also helping with the animals. JC
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chas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote chas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 2007 at 2:11pm
	Thanks for that, Jon. We do seem to be talking about the same colony of tree frogs in Essex. The owner of a garden colony visited me in the late 70s and I gave him 10 to 15 common tree frog metamorphs (of completely uncertain origin) which started his colony. When I last visited him before his death and praised his success in maintaining the tree frogs for so long, he never mentioned any others coming from Turkey. I also knew that he gave some to Martin Noble. What I was trying to separate more clearly in the minds of readers is that any of the New Forest wild living tree frogs had a known origin, either from Turkey or Essex. Those which were turning up away from the original Hilltop pond did so before the Essex owner had given any to Martin.
	Charles Snell

Luckygenes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 07 Jan 2011 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Luckygenes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 12:09am
	Unfortunately as a young kid, I caught a couple of tree frogs from the pond at Hill top near Beaulieu. I only kept them for a few days as they were so noisy, my parents made me release them. This would have been in the mid to late 60's. At the time we were told by locals that the colony had been introduced by someone returning from France after the war, I'm assuming 1st world war. The last time I saw a tree frog at Hill top was around 1978, I can be certain of the date as I took a photo of one of the frogs with a college camera, I was at Art College untill the summer of 78. I still have a print somewhere, when I find it, I'll post it on here. As far as I can recall the frogs had a black eye stripe. Edited by Luckygenes