What the heck is this thing I just found in my yard?

HairOfTheDog

[HairOfTheDog]

EEEEEK!

What the heck is this?

Yes, I know it is a frog.... But I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FROGS LIKE THIS HERE!

Seriesly, I have lived in Washington state my whole life, and I have never seen anything like this in the wild here. Just little tree frogs. This thing is huge! It was hopping across my yard so I caught it.

[savedbygrace]

If it continues to crap dollar bills, you should keep it.

Try changing its feed and see if you can get it up to hundreds.

[kevao]

We don't have a zoo!

Well, then this frog is definitely a good start.

[Churchill Gomez]

You are a frivolity contributor to FreeRepublic.

[theFIRMbss]

Frogs with dirty little lips
Dirty little warts on their finger-tips
Dirty 'n green
Tiny 'n mean
Floppin' around
By the edge of the stream

Frogs with dirty little eyes
Dirty little tongues all covered with flies
Dirty brown
Floppin' around
Puffed up 'n bloated
When the sun goes down

Frogs with dirty little nose
Dirty little spots all over their clothes
Dirty legs
Dirty feet
Dirty little frogs is what you eat

[Frogs With Dirty Little Lips -- Frank Zappa]

[avg_freeper]

Hey! Take my picture with it!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

See if he answers to "Jeremiah".

[grimalkin]

I found this:

AMPHIBIANS OF WASHINGTON
University of Puget Sound
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/WAamphibians.html

"Rana catesbeiana, Bullfrog. In ponds and lakes. Introduced widely throughout lowlands of state."

[HairOfTheDog]

And you perhaps need a bit of it! [grin] It might do ya good!

[Conspiracy Guy]

That's a baby Alabama Bull Frog. As an adult he'll weigh about 40 pounds and eat cats.

[kevao]

An escapee from a frog jumping contest?

Check with Calavaras County.

[Mr. Jeeves]

You might write Maureen Dowd and see if she would like to kiss it.

[ArrogantBustard]

Be not afraid...

It's not Jacques Chirac...

It looks like a standard, pond-variety American (not African) bullfrog, and a respectably sized one at that. They come in several colour schemes, as the following images will illustrate:

This one looks like your visitor.

This one is more green, with fewer spots.

This one is green and spotted.

I've personally seen all these variations in the wild. Let him go in your backyard. Or find a pond and let him go there. Or lightly batter the legs, and deep fry them. Tastes like chicken.

[wjcsux]

And speaking of legs, hers look better than I've seen them in a long time.
Are you referring to Hildebeast or the frog?

[decimon]

Your Jeremiah seems to have ample company.

"There are 12 species of frogs and toads in Washington State. NatureMappers have recorded 8 species. We have included a map that shows where frogs were reported, but the observers couldn't distinguish the species." Amphibian Maps

[Churchill Gomez]

In my valueless opinion, this thread belongs in the General Interest forum.

[JoeSixPack1]

A large green frog, covered all over with long green hair, hops into a bank, jumps up on the counter, and says to the young blond teller, "I want a loan."

The Teller smiles brightly and says, "Good morning, sir! You'll have to see the Loan Officer for that. Her office is down the hall, third or fourth on the left. Patricia Wack, you'll see the sign. Have a nice day! Next?"

The frog thanks her, hops off the counter, down the indicated hall, and turns in at the sign. He jumps up on the desk in front of the Loan Officer, who has silvery blond hair and is wearing a matching string of pearls, and says, "I want a loan."

The Loan Officer, somewhat startled, forgets the usual smile and greeting, skips several lines of the script, and says, "W-w-we must have something to secure the loan, some Collateral."

At that, the frog pulls out a ceramic lion, places it on the desk in front of her with a wide smile: "How's this?"

She studies the lion for a minute or so, then tells him, "I'll have to get it appraised. I'll be back in a few minutes." She picks up the lion, goes back up the hall and click-clack, click-clack across the tiled lobby to the Branch Manager's office, smacks the ceramic lion down on his desk, and tells him, "I have this Frog with Long Green Hair in my Office, Sitting on my desk, who says he wants a Loan, and This is what he has to secure it. I don't even know what this thing Is!" She pats a strand of silvery blond hair back in place.



"Hmm. Well, obviously," the Branch Manager says, "It's a knick-knack, Patti Wack: give the frog a loan."

[Gargantua]

That is a common (North) American variety bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana.

Different water coloration in its given habitat can affect whether the frog looks green, brown, blackish, etc., and this one looks like it's had good, clear water to live in.

But, it is just a common American bullfrog. Though I must admit, it does seem to have an unusually crazed, homicidal glint in its eye...

[Cicero]

Our bloodhound knows how to handle bullfrogs.

[mhking]

"It's a knick-knack, Patti Wack: give the frog a loan."

No soup for you! One year! You go now!

[Skip Ripley]

Wow, I didn't realize Congressman Nadler would travel so far West....