Luv Mud
by Marty Fancy
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Luv Mud
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Marty Fancy
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This Northern Leopard Frog was found in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, in the Badlands of North Dakota.
The leopard frog Lithobates pipiens grows to 2-3 1/2 inches (5.1-9 cm) body length. Max 4 3/8 inches (11.1 cm). The ground color may be varying shades of green or brown with round black spots scattered randomly about the back and sides. Usually one spot is present on the snout. An unusual variant of the northern leopard frog known as the Burnsi phase has been reported in North Dakota. This form is brown or green with no dorsal spots, but it has spots or bars on the limbs, and may have black stippling on the back and sides. Another form, the Kandiyohi phase has black markings and reticulation in addition to the normal spotted pattern. Northern leopard fogs lack the dark mask over the eyes found on wood frogs.
The northern leopard frog is one of the most familiar of all North Dakotas amphibians and reptiles. This species is found in all of the aquatic habitats from lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, marshes, even homemade ponds and urban areas. Northern leopard frogs breed in late March through April. A wide diversity of wetlands are used if they hold water into July. Males produce a low pitched snore often followed by a chuckling noise, or a deep urr, urr, urr. Occasionally males will call while underwater. A single female may lay 3,000 to 5,000 eggs in a round mass. Tadpoles metamorphose in late June or early July. Northern leopard frogs consume insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates.
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July 19th, 2014
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