The Cuban influence in the florida landscape

[junglegalfla]

In the last year, I've *cough cough* disposed of 40+ of his closest kin (I do it in a humane manner) but yet the bass turds  keep on coming! Fellow Floridians, have you given up the battle? I long for the days of seeing the little green tree frogs again. I'm afraid they're in this guys belly. He's almost mocking me.  ???

P.S. If you ever see anything like this coming out your schnozz...see medical treatment STAT!  

[Eric in Orlando]

I have 2 big and 1 smaller one that come to my porch light every night to feast on the bugs. I leave them be, even though they are crowing out the native ones. They won't totally wipe out the natives and they have bigger appetites so the more bugs they eat the better.

[junglegalfla]

Eric,

They have an insatiable appetite but prefer larger meals like lizards, other frogs, toads & baby birds. They hardly eat enough bugs to make it count as a major portion of their diet. I'm beginning to think they are here to stay regardless of what we do & I'm fighting a losing battle. I think I have hundreds of his kin swimming in my pond right now. I can't tell the difference between all the tadpoles.

[Eric in Orlando]

The only lizards around my house are the non-native brown anoles and geckos. There are green anoles but they stay out in the yard on the bananas, heliconias and ferns. I haven't ever seen any native tree frogs around on the house but see them hidden down in banana leaves.. I get quite a few beetles around the porch light each night and those Cubans really go after them. There is also a black racer snake hanging around the front so if the CTF ever go down low, they might end up gone. That snake has been preying on the brown anoles also.

I figure the green tree frogs will make a comeback. After awhile, only the faster, stronger ones will survive and then these genes will be passed on. Same thing happened with the native green anole. They disappeared for awhile but the stronger ones bred and now you are starting to see them around but usually more out amongst foliage. They have also seemed to learn to avoid more open areas and walls where the brown anoles like to hang out.