We do a weekly inspection of all the places they like to hide, and nothing yet. We are HOPING the cold did kill them all. This weekends inspection for the cubans was NONE. We have noticed more tiny green frogs, which is good. PLEASE REPORT any sightings (number and location) to the Professor who does research on frogs and invasive frogs such as the Cubans to: Steven Albert Johnson at tadpole@ufl.edu http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/ This site gives you instructions on how to humanely dispose of the cubans. Here is a link that might be useful: University of Florida Wildlife Research

I agree..snakes in the yard are GOOD things! I love it when I spot some of my black racers moving around, but they are getting more and more shy, what with two obnoxious dachshunds who think the yard should be theirs alone. Lest anyone be confused, treefrogs are NOT all bad. In fact, they used to be WONDERFUL to have around. It's just the exotic CUBAN treefrogs that are bad for the environment. And on that same note, for those who don't know, the habit the media has of calling the exotic and toxic Marine Toads "bufos," is a very bad one. All of our very beneficial native toads are also "bufos," since "bufo" is the genus name for over 150 different toads. Bufo terrestris is our very valuable southern toad. But bufo marinus is the bad guy. The less confusing way to refer to these exotic toads is as Giant Toads, Marine Toads or Cane Toads. Please don't go killing all bufos. Marcia

omg im so sorry someone said that to you. I would have seen if there are forum rules and if you could have reported them. I don't understand why people can't act like adults and say something like " I don't advocate killing frogs " or " im against killing frogs " and not directly insulting people. That quote " the more people I meet the more I love my dogs " is so true. I kill any frog that comes near my house because I don't them to hurt my dogs. I believe all the ones I see are cane. I don't slaughter them. I just toss them in a shopping bag, seal tight and toss in the trash so they suffocate. If frogs wouldn't possibly kill my dogs I wouldn't hurt them but after working for a vet and seeing a few dogs a week die from coming in contact with those, im not taking any chances

Thanks Cyn427! Great suggestions. I love the sound of good ol' native Florida tree frogs, and encouraged what I thought were a slightly different variety when my Cubans 1st arrived about a year ago. CTFs sound like a really loud, squeaky, rusty massive gate swinging in a tornado, at all different pitches & keys. The noise is maddening! I did try soap n water sprays, vinegar & water (that kindof worked, at first, killed my grass & begonias, tho), tobacco tea, oil & soap (i use this for whiteflies, aphids, etc), garlic emulsion sprays - all to no avail. I dumped & relocated my rain barrels, moved 90% of the plants under our bedroom window area, left lights ON, left lights OFF, prayed, cussed, ....nothing worked! Our local black snake and corn snake population won't even eat them! These are some bitter, tenacious little rascals! Ear plugs only muffled the sound a little bit...... (sigh) but not enough to STAY asleep. We finally resorted to Removal.......SUCCESS! They are down to a manageable 2 or 3 now . And the geckos & REGULAR tree frogs are coming back. Hooray! Our neighbors chuckled & thought we were absolutely bat-crazy during the process, until the congregation moved into THEIR side yard. I now see them out at dusk, with their butterfly nets & strainers.....hunting big amphibious game, haha. :)