Wood Frog Calls

Wood Frogs spend most of their lives on dry land, but the first warm spring rains brings their annual mating frenzy. With temperatures above fifty degrees Fahrenheit, the males quickly converge on ponds and puddles by the hundreds. Females soon follow, attracted by their mates' clucking calls, and the next morning I find bulbous masses of eggs as big around as my combined fists. Though shy at first, after a day or two of mating, Wood Frogs are hard to startle. I've picked up a mating pair, and watched others being consumed by a passing snapping turtle. This noisy sign of spring is not to be missed. See more natural history information at www.ClinchTrails.com.

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• Wood Frog
• frog calls
• frog mating
• frog reproduction
• natural history
• appalachian nature

[horsecrazyrws]

Very informative! I definitley didn't miss it, we have a pond and they've been clucking away for about 4 days now and we already have over 25 egg masses! Thank-you for the info, it was very useful! :)