Green Frog
Description
 2 1/8-4". Green, bronze, or brown frog; large external eardrum and prominent dorsolateral ridges that do not reach groin. Typically green on upper lip. Belly white with darker pattern of lines or spots. Male has yellow throat and swollen thumbs.
Voice
Like the twang of a loose banjo string, usually given as a single note, but sometimes repeated rapidly several times.
Breeding
March to August. Eggs are usually laid in 3-4 small clutches attached to submergerd vegetation.
Habitat
Lives close to shallow water, springs,swamps, brooks, and edges of ponds and lakes. May be found among rotting debris of fallen trees.
Subspecies
Bronze (R.c.clamitans),brown or bronze; Carolinas to c. Florida and through the gulf coast states to e. Texas and s.Arkansas. Green (R. c. melanota), green or greenish-brown; s Ontario east to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina, west to Oklahoma, and introduced into Canada, the West, and Hawaii.
Other
Primarily nocturnal. Green Frogs are not as wary as many other species of frog. They seldom scream in alarm when caught.
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