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Green Frog

Rana clamitans

Photo by mdwildlife
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Field Notes

Description:

Frog chowing down on another frog. I did a little snooping online in this is apparently pretty rare; and I am definitely not familiar with a cannibal frog in Vermont. I shot several leopard frogs this day, but these did not look like leopards.

Habitat:

Swamp and marshy area surround by thick woods. These guys were haning in a shallow pond, at least a dozen frogs all together. August, so it was hot and muggy, but it was Vermont, so not too muggy.

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Rana clamitans

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Comments (5)
mdwildlife
thanks - I was unaware of that mission. It's going in there now
Ava T-B
This spotting could go in the Hunters and Animal Feeding Behaviors mission.
KarenL
Wow, interesting shots! Maybe it's a French frog! (the French are partial to frogs legs!)
mdwildlife
good call thanks. I was trying to look up "cannibal frogs" and stuff, it was a lot simpler than I thought
MitchRay
It is a Green Frog, Rana clamitans. It's not unusual for frogs in this family to eat other frogs.

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PublishedAugust 28, 2011

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