Frogs in the Denver Metro area?

[Irving]

I took my daughter on a little nature walk around a lake yesterday. We saw a lot of turtles, catfish, Geese, a blue Heron, and a Bullfrog the size of a Nerf football. After being there for a few hours, I found out that it was owned by some private school, so I won't be going back there.

Where can I go find some frogs or turtles around town so I can take my daughter out and try to catch some? Thanks.

[wrestler034]

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[Marlin]

If all else fails, Lowell ponds and the are a couple on east 104th, can't recall the of those at the moment.

[hip55]

If you are around water, make sure you two cover up or go in the middle of the day- the last thing you want is West Nile virus, and it was (is?) strong here.

[Irving]

Thanks for the tips guys. Yeah, mosquitoes are starting to come out.

[fitz19d]

If you are just wanting an easy pet, I have Toadzilla, devourer of crickets, aka suicidal emo toad. Picked him up at work after repeatedly shooing him out of the emergency pull around. Determined to die I intervened and took him home where he promptly spent the winter dug in the dirt for 3 months before emerging and generally always making eyes at me as to why I don't flood his tank with 100's of crickets.

Forget the name now, but it's a common toad for these parts, I've liked him because he does not pee all over you when handling. Play frog noises (coincidentally a game I played through had monster noises that came from them) and he'll go ballistic with counter warbling.

Let me know if you are interested, I go to and from Westminster semi regularly.

[Irving]

Thanks, but we've got enough things around the house that I'm left to take care of by myself as it is. I just want to catch one so she can hold it.

[fitz19d]

That's the beauty of him though, feed once a week and forget him till he randomly makes some high pitched burping noise.

Still miss my garter snakes, they were fun to watch fish for goldfish in a bowl.

[rocktot]

West Nile can be nasty, I would stay away from that place. Ask the school if you can walk around there. But even that will have tons of skeeters.

[68Charger]

just as another caution: I don't know if they're up in Denver, but down here we get Colorado river toads...

they're poisonous, they excrete the poison from the yellow-ish glands on their back. The poison is also a hallucinogenic, and generally requires ingesting to work, but worth avoiding them- especially with children.

http://www.reptilebuzz.com/caresheets/frogs/colorado-river-toad.php

[Zundfolge]

Oh, amphibians ... I thought you were talking about French people in the Denver area.

[Irving]

You can walk around the school just fine, but I don't like being on school grounds if I don't have to. ;)

Thanks for the links about all the deadly things. I guess I'll just keep her indoors and tell her to get her own childhood when she turns 18. ;)

[fitz19d]

There is a trail that runs along a stream that is dried out but other times full of slow moving water back behind ..... I just realized I can't remember my own elementary. One up the hill from Mandalay Middle. (Not the one adjacent/down hill next door)

Also if you to the area around Westminster Promenade there is a fairly long trail system that meets streams off and on again, in particular a good place to go wading/exploring is as it hits more towards the school just before going up a steep curving road. (Sorry can't remember roads anymore.)