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Green Frog
Rana clamitans
Green
Frogs can be distinguished from Bullfrogs by the ridges that extend past the
tympanum (big circle, "ear"). They are found in or near water bodies across the state. Adults eat a variety
of insect prey, but also won't hesitate to chow down on smaller frogs, their own kind included!
Green
Frogs need permanent bodies of water for breeding, as their tadpoles regularly spend the winter in the muck at the bottom.
Tadpoles feed on algae, and, depending on conditions, will metamorphose sometime between 3 months and 2 years.
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Specimen #5
Date: July 2005
Location: Wingdale, NY
Notes: Found on the NY/CT
border in the area of Bull's Bridge.
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Specimen #85
Date: July 27, 2009
Location: Pawling, NY
Notes: Small frog in a slow stream. Pawling
Nature Reserve.
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Specimen #120
Date: August 12, 2010
Location: Cornwall, NY
Notes: At the stream.
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Specimen #221
Date: April 4, 2012
Location: Stony Point, NY
Notes: In lake at Doodletown.
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Specimen #69
Date: May 23, 2009
Location: Yorktown, NY
Notes: Note the insects feeding-back right
leg.
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