Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait Can anybody identify what type of frogs these are?

Common Bull frog.

thanks Cray

Do I dare ask what that many frogs are doing in that small container? Did you get them from a "coyote" smuggling them across the border? Or, did they become Super Bowl snacks?

catmandoo they sell them at a local Asian market here in the Dallas area and I took this picture at the store yesterday.

So....

They may have been smuggled in, and they were probably intended as snacks!

Not sure about "smuggled", but yes they sell live frogs in their meat market area.

They also sell live catfish and large live tilapia.

FWIW Many Asian recipes use the entire frog body, not just the legs. They pretty much clean one the way we would a chicken.

Being "live" Tilapia, that one rolling over on its left side must be taking a "nap".

It's just getting a different angle on things.

I've hit several Asian markets in Dallas, and that's the cleanest tank water I've ever seen. Zep definitely shops at better places than I do.

So, you guys think the Asian market (Dallas) bullfrogs can be used for stocking an E. Texas pond? I want bull frogs, I love frog legs and maybe I could speed up the frog activity on my pond by using these for seed? If so I need to make a stop there while at the conference. Hum!! Laquinta hotels allow pets, u think they would allow about 25 frogs to stay with us in the room?
Thanks
Tracy

Tracy, i've read before frogs=snakes.. not sure how accurate that is but i hate snakes enough not to want to test the theory!

Cavilier03, I also hate snakes, not all snakes but the bad mean western Moc I Hate. I killed two this last fall, there is a small pool of water along a trail where I travel to one of my bow stands, and after a hunt, I was walking back to the truck and almost stepped on one, I cam back the next day and after 16 shots fired from my pistol, I finally hit him. Within a week there was another Moc that took his spot in the same pool of water. A really big one. I have let the copper heads go as they are not aggressive but the Mocs are, and I hate them. I figure I will have snakes and bull frogs seeded from nature, but I thought these Asian market frogs might speed up Mother Nature :)/

I'll probably give them a try this Spring Tracy. I love the sound of bullfrogs at night. Overton's used to carry them, but not lately. And bull frogs from sites like shown below with shipping are around $25 each and are smaller versions that could become a meal easier. Plus a lot of the time they show "sold out". I am telling you adult size bullfrogs are not readily available for sale, so I was happy to see these available at this size/price last weekend.

BackWaterReptilesBullfrogs

Ours just showed up on their own last summer. Must have come from the nearby creek. I was still seeing them in November so I am hoping they will stay. Guess I'll know next spring if I hear them at night. My only concern is whether a population of bullfrogs will attract GBH, already a nusiance on our pond.

Edit: Leopard frogs also moved in last summer.

Zep,

Is that the store at 75 & Legacy? Pretty cool store there. Lots of stuff you never see in a regular grocery store. That's where I go to get my sushi supplies for when I make it at home.

Yes Chris that's it.
I felt like I was in Beijing.
No one in the entire meat dept could speak English.
I asked 3 clerks "those bullfrogs?"...they smile only.
Lots of cool stuff.
Those live catfish they have are good size, as well as the tilapia.
Can you tell from the pic what kind of tilapia those are?
The crawdads are better at the Asian market at 190/Josey.

Looks like the Mozambique's that we use for pond stocking but its hard to say.

Don't remember if it was this store or the one around the corner that had LMB one time I was in there. Most of them look like they were in poor shape.

Used to catch frogs for bass bait as a kid and once packed them in a minnow bucket just like the pic with a large bullfrog. Was horrified and surprised to find bullfrogs are cannabalistic 'cause when I popped the lid to add another frog, the big bull frog had a leg hanging out of his mouth!

Bass absolutely love to eat frogs. I also think enjoy smacking them on the surface!

I had heard of this before. Was curious, so hit bullfrog.com for a little research and found this.

All Bullfrogs are endowed with large mouths and very large, sharp teeth which they use to devour prey. The typical Bullfrog has an extensive and varied diet and eats the standard frog fare which includes all kinds of insects, worms and other small invertebrates like crayfish.

The Bullfrog, however, eats many more things, as well. These include small mammals, birds, snakes, turtles, field mice, frogs of competing species, even smaller Bullfrogs. It’s true. Large Bullfrogs will attack and consume smaller Bullfrogs because Bullfrogs, in general, are cannibalistic. They eat their own kind.

You can always stock bullfrog tadpoles, but then you have to wait 1-2 years for them to mature. Several retailers have them for reasonable prices

True...I've seen those, but not sure many would make it.
I suppose enough would and that's all you really want is a few.
I've considered that...but don't wanna wait.

I'd be careful getting bullfrogs from that Asian grocery unless you don't care what kind of frogs you get. I am definitely not a frog expert, but some of the frogs in that picture look a lot like what we call leopard frogs. Especially the one on top at the bottom of the picture. Southern ones grow dang near as big as bulls.

Edit: I don't see any raised ridges down their bodies though so maybe just bulls with spots.

Bill D, I had to look up leopard frog and I found out this covers 14 different species of frogs. The only down downside I found out is they only get to be 3 to 5" in length, so I would have to have a lot of them to make a good frog leg meal. But the would be a good size for the new LMB that will be added to the pond in June.
So are the Asian Market Frogs bigger than the leopard frogs?
Thanks
Tracy