One week.
That's how long it will take to train your frog. Once you "tame" it, you will be able to ID it.
Every time you approach your pond, bring a worm and throw it (as best you can) to the frog location. After a couple of days, it will associate you with food. After a couple more days, it wont run away. After a couple more days, it will wait for you.
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Pretty soon after that, you'll be able to pick it up.
This works. If I so much as bring a shovel and start digging anywhere by my pond, the frogs all line up and wait. They know I'm the food lady.
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The down side, of course, is that I must be VERY careful with that shovel.
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Try it! It's fun to fool with frogs.
All the neighborhood kids bring me frogs and toads... they think (automatically) that they belong in a pond. It's cute!