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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-451-523544407 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Liz, On 27-Jul-08, at 3:47 PM, Elizabeth Doull wrote: > Ooops, I meant to say either Green (not Tree!) or Bull frogs. Do > Green frogs have light brown backs?? Or either green or brown? Males tend to be greener with yellow throats; females tend to be browner with white throats but there is considerable variability on coloration. > I am no expert on reptiles and the last time I studied them was when > I took Biology in high school! I think you mean amphibians. Reptiles consist primarily of snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles. Cheers, Chris > Thanks. liz > ................ > > These are Green Frogs, Liz. > > Our only tree frogs are the spring peeper...a very small frog. > Bullfrogs are not listed as being present in Pictou County according > to Gilhen's book (1984). Perhaps all the effort of volunteers a few > years ago in doing the Herp Atlas came up with reliable sightings > for Pictou (or Antigonish). I get a number of folks every year > telling me of Bullfrogs up my way - only once have they turned out > to be Bullfrogs (normally, they're Green Frogs) - and these were > just over the Antigonish border into Guysborough County. > > And we could be so fortunate to have an overpopulation of frogs! > > Randy Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-451-523544407 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Liz,<div><br><div><div>On = 27-Jul-08, at 3:47 PM, Elizabeth Doull wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Arial">Ooops, I meant to say either Green (not Tree!) or = Bull frogs. Do Green frogs have light brown backs?? Or = either green or = brown? </font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><d= iv>Males tend to be greener with yellow throats; females tend to be = browner with white throats but there is considerable variability on = coloration.</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Arial"> I am no expert on reptiles and the last time I studied = them was when I took Biology in high = school! </font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><= div>I think you mean amphibians. Reptiles consist primarily of snakes, = lizards, turtles, and = crocodiles.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Chri= s</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Arial"> Thanks. liz</font></div><div style=3D"font: normal = normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><font = size=3D"3">................</font></div><div><br></div><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div>These are Green Frogs, = Liz.</div><div> </div><div>Our only tree frogs are the spring = peeper...a very small frog. Bullfrogs are not listed as being present in = Pictou County according to Gilhen's book (1984). Perhaps all the effort = of volunteers a few years ago in doing the Herp Atlas came up with = reliable sightings for Pictou (or Antigonish). I get a number of folks = every year telling me of Bullfrogs up my way - only once have they = turned out to be Bullfrogs (normally, they're Green Frogs) - and these = were just over the Antigonish border into Guysborough = County.</div><div> </div><div>And we could be so fortunate to have = an overpopulation of = frogs!</div><div> </div><div>Randy</div></div></div></span></blockquo= te></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2