Wood Frog
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Studies done in several other states showed wood frogs live to be 3 to 4 years old for males and females respectively.
Wood frog. Wood frogs display various skin colors such as tan rust brown and also gray and green. Wood frogs frogs are expected to live to 4 or 5 years old for males and females respectively living in Quebec and southern Illinois. Wood frogs calling in Minnesota marsh.
The wood frog - a marvel of adaptation to the far north. Wood frogs eat a variety of insects and other small invertebrates including spiders beetles bugs moth larvae slugs and snails. A sequence filmed by UK wildlife cinematographer Steve Downer for Denali - Alaskas Great Wilderness a film in the PBS series The Living EdensThe Wood Frog.
The length of the Sylvatica wood frog is between 35 cm and 76 cm. Typically a wood frog is coloured brown brown-red or tan in colour and occasionally green or grey and it has a dark band covering its eye. In addition the adaptations that enable it to survive freezing may be helpful in understanding and perhaps even in dealing with human medical problems.
It is unknown why males consistently have shorter lifespans than females. Some individuals have a light line down the middle of the back. Wood frogs can be frequently found in New York.
When wood frogs mate for the season there are few competing species and wood frogs appear in large numbers in fishless ponds. Wood frogs grow to lengths of around 35 to 76 centimetres 14 to 3 inches and they deter predators with their poison glands and shrill noises they can make. The wood frog is a fascinating organism to study in its own right.
The wood frog is also one of the most widespread frogs in North Americafrom the midwestern and northeastern US south along the Appalachians to Georgia and Alabama and across nearly all of Canada except for the arctic. Wood frogs are communal breeders so many egg masses are often laid at one time. Explosive breeders females lay large globular masses of up to 3000 eggs and anchor them to submerged vegetation.
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