When two species share a pond, female frogs, that are clasped by a male of the wrong species, are not entirely helpless. They may react by either refusing to release the eggs, or releasing just a tiny amount so as to get the male off their backs – literally (Hettewey et al., 2009)
REFERENCES
Hettyey, A., Baksay S., Vagi, B. & Hoi, H., (2009) ‘Counterstrategies by female frogs to sexual coercion by heterospecifics,’ Animal Behaviour, 78, 1365–1372
Wells, K. D., (1997), ‘The social behaviour of anuran amphibians,’ Animal Behaviour, 25, 666-693
...and the award for dumbest question ever goes to...
Can you mate with a dog and have puppies...?
No