Description: The Green Frog (Rana clamitans) is a medium-sized frog – usually 2-3½ inches - with simple green or bronze coloring and sometimes brown spots. The frog has a ridge down each side of it’s back. It has a pronounced tympanum, the circle behind its eye. It doesn’t have webbed toes in the front, and it is sometimes mistaken for a large bullfrog.
Diet: The Green Frog eats insects, spiders, tadpoles, beetles, ants, moth larvae, small fish, small frogs, and snails.
Habits: The Green Frog is usually a calm frog. It likes being near water, like a river edge. It has been found in damp woodland areas near decaying trees. They love humidity!
Habitat: The Green Frog is native to North America, and you can find them along river edges or small ponds. It’s been found in southeastern Canada. But, it has been found in much of Eastern United States.
Breeding: These frogs breed in June and July, when females lay 1,500 to 5,000 eggs in a film-like mass on the surface of water.
Cool facts: The Green frog has a call that sounds like a loose banjo string. It’s sometime even called “banjo frog” because of their sound. They are also loud! “Clamitans” (it’s scientific name) means “clamouring” in Latin, which means loud-mouthed frog. Males are very territorial. They will protect their home from any strangers. The green frog is actually protected by law in some states in the United States!
Can I keep it? : The green frog can be a house pet too. As long as you give them the right diet, and humid habitats, you could keep one.
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“Green Frog Rana clamitans”
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“Green Frog”
published: 2010 by Province of Nova Scotia
“Green Frog”
author: Absolute Astronomy Published: 2010 by: Absolute Astronomy.com
“Green Frog; Rana clamitans”
Author: Yahoo! Publisher: Yahoo! Date: 2011
“Green Frog”
Author: Government of British Colombia Publisher: Province of British Colombia Date: 2010
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