Fountain Frog appears to be a green frog (Lithobates clamitans). I’m unsure whether our original Fountain Frog is male or female, but I’ve referred to him as He up to now which is rude, maybe, I do not want to misgender anyone. Original Fountain Frog is significantly bigger than New Fountain Frog.
That said, the species can switch sexes, so I’ll go with they/them.
My bigger concern is how to help them live over the winter, because I don’t know if they can survive in a frozen whiskey barrel in an artificial ecosystem or whether they roll with that sort of thing and burrow into the earth anyway. I think they live under the whiskey barrel, which sits on bricks.
There are dragonfly larvae in there too.
I can dig a small pond (I’m insane, so I’m willing), bring them to our small stream, bring them to a local pond, figure out how to heat it, or leave them alone. Seeing if I can dig up some expert advice before first frost.
Anyway, Fountain Frog has a new partner and it’s not super romantic. More like a Moonlighting standoffish thing. They’re on opposite sides of the rim, above.
I have no issues with anthropomorphism. We do it with each other all the time.
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