And a Frog

[e_moon60]

There were two frogs.  I thought I got pictures of both.  Evidently not.

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[redheadforever]

Thank you -- I really enjoyed that froggyful post!

[robby]

I don't have a water park, but along the route of our morning walk, there is a heavily used access to an irrigation canal. You can tell that lots of animals go down there, to the water. My dog always does, and I'll bet that place is alive with scent. Closer to home, I make a point of watering generously, so the birds get puddles to enjoy.

[filkferengi]

Your leopard frog is a bit darker than ours at the nature preserve.

Do you know what kind of frog does a high-pitched "eek!" before going in the water? We hear those regularly during walks [in the course of which we pick up litter every day. Some folks restore scores of acres; others keep a few miles of trail picked-up].

:)

[e_moon60]

Our leopard frogs very in color (some more brownish, some this green) and also in color saturation with both breeding season and how wet they are.

Leopard frogs make that "eek!" before jumping in and making a hard 90degree turn underwater. Ours are quite loud and startling until you get used to it (if you do.) If water's muddy or cloudy, you can't see it (and neither can predator!) I've only seen the turn a few times, but I've read about it and knew to look for it. If I'm super-lucky someday I'll get a photo of a leopard frog "in flight."

[filkferengi]

Thank you very much, that's very helpful!

[e_moon60]

Depending on where you are, your leopard frogs may also be a different species. North of us a ways are the Great Plains leopard frogs...east TX has Southern Leopard Frogs...and the northeast has Northern Leopard Frogs. Some books show Rio Grande Leopard Frogs as brown with dark spots, but ours are commonly green-backed with brown legs...though some are almost all green, and some are almost all brown.