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Green Frog

Green FrogDescription

2 ¼ - 3 ½” (5.7-9cm). Light olive brown to dark olive green. Dorsolateral folds (ridges) extend from eye to groin. Large external eardrum that is larger than eye in males and same size in females. Large head, blunt snout, small warts, and long legs. Webbing on toes extends to tips on all but fourth toe. During breeding season, males develop bright yellow throat.

Call Description

Low pitched twanging that sounds like a plucked banjo string or a tight rubber band. Sometimes doubled and repeated at irregular intervals.

Indiana Range

Statewide

Diet

Eats aquatic and terrestrial insects and other invertebrates including beetles, flies, butterflies, caterpillars, grasshoppers, spiders, slugs, snails, crayfish, millipedes.

Habitat

Permanent bodies of water, slow sections of streams.Green Frog

Breeding Habitat

Typically breeds in permanent bodies of water.

Breeding Season

May - Aug

Eggs

Laid in a mass of 1,000-5,000 in a thin film that touches the surface of the water.

Tadpoles

Up to 3-4 inches in total length, yellowish brown to olive green with black flecks and a creamy colored belly. Plump with long tail and high fins. Similar to bullfrog tadpole. Most will overwinter the first year and transform the following summer. Mature approximately one year after metamorphosis.

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