Wood frogling

[urbpan]

The wood frog (Rana sylvatica) is the most northern occurring amphibian in North America. It requires vernal pools (bodies of water that do not have water in them year-round, and therefore have fewer predators, particularly fish) to breed. We have a man-made vernal pool on our work property, and this week a nocturnal migration of froglings happened. There must have been hundreds of tiny frogs, leaving the water for a mostly terrestrial life, only to return to breed again. The subterranean exhibit building I work with (The "Drumlin Underground") trapped about 30 wood froglings. We were able to rescue and release most of them.

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[ms-cantrell.livejournal.com]

i hope they all have the appropriate number of toes. that little thing is so perfect. i like frogs a lot.