Different species?
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
May 29, 2020 1:09am CST
Last night, the rains 'mellowed down' to just showers; there were no more thunder and lightning. It was cool and it was so conducive to sleep because it was quiet - darkness was silent, I thought.
But then, right outside my room, along the pathway, an unusual croak of a frog sounded. It was different from the ones we heard before. The previous croak was like a water buffalo calling its herd, in a low tone voice. It was a big bull frog.
Last night, it was not the sound of a bull frog. It sounded like an adult rooster with productive cough unable to expectorate. Pardon how I describe, but that sound made my beloved sister shout at it with a "HOOOYYY!" (As if the frog listens to her!)
Maybe that frog is left out by its family, I do not know. But maybe it is a different species?
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6 responses
@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
29 May 20
The toads here sound like a mooing cow or a gander. When we moved here I didn't know that they were toads.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
29 May 20
@ridingbet there are some bullfrogs in our backyard but I was able to eradicate them. But the vacant lots nearby have a lot of frogs and toads. When it rains they are noisy.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 May 20
@Alexandoy indeed, if the lots or fields become like swamps.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 May 20
yes, that may be the male adult bull frog.
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@jayanth_77 (7179)
• India
29 May 20
The male frog make noise to attract the female. It's common during rainy season.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 May 20
i think so. i hope it is gone tonight.
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@jayanth_77 (7179)
• India
29 May 20
@ridingbet the male frogs will keep crocking throughout the rainy season nonstop.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 May 20
@ridingbet It will make Serena scared if she heard it. I am sure you had watched the TV series, Dolce Amore.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
31 May 20
@Shavkat ohh, i forgot na, kabsat. but with Serena Williams yelling when she hits the tennis ball, i bet her sound would be a good sound of a female frog needing her Romeo for mating spree.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 May 20
hahaha! yes kabsat, and use tour imagination and listen virtually how that frog sounded. not the "tiltilaok" but the "tartaraok" type.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 May 20
precisely, it is because that frog sounded like what i described
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
29 May 20
I don't like to listen to the sound of a frog
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
29 May 20
@ridingbet that is good enough
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