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Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Light brown skin with darker markings, including a distinctive X-shaped mark on its back. It can darken or lighten it's skin color to better camouflage itself in only a few minutes. This one was approximately 1/2 inch in size.

Habitat:

Spotted in a very swampy, mostly deciduous forest at Whittemore Sanctuary.

Notes:

Spring peepers make a natural anti-freeze, which allows them to survive freezing temperatures while hibernating.

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PublishedJuly 23, 2016

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