This guy has a color pattern that I've not seen on a CTF. The skin didn't move and once I got him out of his hiddy place in the pot I could see the large toe pads. A little dab of Orajel will do ya. Thanks Marcia.

That's a CTF for ya...always trying some different coloration. It isn't uncommon for the small ones, especially, to have this coloration, though. They are known for that pasty-white corpse look that the really fat adults seem to prefer, but they can do mottled and green, too. Yep, that fused skin on the top of their heads will tell the tale for sure every time. Glad I could help clear it up for ya, Laura. Bad frog. Bad, bad frog. Wish we could round 'em all up and send them back to where they came from, where they would be perfectly natural and normal frogs, not causing any harm. But barring a major frog round-up approach (haha...frog wranglers, everywhere)...we have to do what we feel is right, and for me, that's OraJel.

Marcia

What is it with these indestructible CT frogs? I just watched a Nat Geo documentary the other night about the global frog extinctions going on, and how horrible it is, and that chytrid fungus they're all supposedly dropping dead from; but these little buggers seem to be bullet proof! Maybe they're the cockroach of the frog world - they'll be the last ones standing when the others are all gone!

Sounds about right to me, Karen. Nothing seems to diminish their numbers, except constant vigilance. I had them all but gone in my yard until I was laid up for six months after my foot surgery. Now I'm starting to see them again. But my motto is "Have Shovel, Will Smite!" They need to hop on outta here if they know what's good for 'em.

Marcia

Bulging eyes , large toe pads and skin fused to the head ?
Yup . That's a CTF .
I prefer a good smashing with a brick .
Those buggers can be hard to smash .
Very crunchy .
When throughly pounded , they go to the compost pile .
Never had any before but a seeing more and more lately .
Not a good sign .

Dead! Smiling, yeah it's a CTF!

I've been doing a good job at my garden - noticed last weekend at UT Gardenfest that the local water ditch (what else can I call it) had some beautiful GREEN natives there! I'm tempted to catch a few and import them into my yard/koi pond. Ahhhhh wish these CTF would just develop a case of sudden exotic death disease and poof! Not happening - rats.

My three year old niece was pulling her wagon out of the garden shed on saturday when she came running up to my parents and I saying there was a frog in the shed (she's afraid of most critters including frogs). At first we just thought she saw one of the green tree frogs that we have all over the place but when my dad went over to see it he discovered that it was a big CTF. It's body was about 3 inches long and was that pasty color. Of course dad's method of dealing it with left a lot to be desired since he attacked it with his pocket knife! And then he fed it to the chickens! I'm glad it's dead but I could have done without his running commentary about how hard it was to kill.