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remarked earlier.<br><br>On th ------=_Part_27091_3276231.1217275339441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Steve, The Green Frog is *Rana clamitans* ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Green_Frog_Rana_clamitans_2448px.jpg). It is relatively common (up my way anyway) and is easily localized by its banjo-like call. The Green Frog is more aquatic than the Leopard Frog, which I routinely find on land. Ribbit! 2008/7/28 Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> > OK but what's a "green frog"? > I think this nomenclature started on this current thread with Jim, but as a > resident alien species (me not the frog), I'd not heard that name before. > Do > you mean the usually-named Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens), aka meadow > or > grass frog, or is Green Frog a different species? If it is the same > species > (R. pipiens), is Green Frog a colloquial name restricted to the Maritimes? > On > the appropriateness of the name if it is the same as R. pipiens, the base > colour (on which there are usually spots superimposed) often is not green > but > light brown, as someone else remarked earlier. > > On the original question of overpopulation, R. pipiens has almost > disappeared in > western Canada (BC and AB) since the 70s, but seems not to be threatened in > central Canada; not sure about the Maritimes. The cause of western decline > in > this particular species seems uncertain from the little I've read. Maybe > also > a chytrid (spelling?) problem spread originally from clawed frog Xenopus to > other amphibians, or else a debilitating trematode parasite? Does anyone > on > NNS have specialist info on the cause of decline for this species, as > opposed > to that for amphibians generally, worldwide? > Steve Randy 'gonish. ------=_Part_27091_3276231.1217275339441 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr"><div>Steve,</div> <div> </div> <div>The Green Frog is <em>Rana clamitans</em> (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Green_Frog_Rana_clamitans_2448px.jpg). It is relatively common (up my way anyway) and is easily localized by its banjo-like call. The Green Frog is more aquatic than the Leopard Frog, which I routinely find on land.</div> <div> </div> <div>Ribbit!</div> <div><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/7/28 Stephen Shaw <span dir="ltr"><srshaw@dal.ca></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">OK but what's a "green frog"?<br>I think this nomenclature started on this current thread with Jim, but as a<br> resident alien species (me not the frog), I'd not heard that name before. Do<br>you mean the usually-named Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens), aka meadow or<br>grass frog, or is Green Frog a different species? If it is the same species<br> (R. pipiens), is Green Frog a colloquial name restricted to the Maritimes? On<br>the appropriateness of the name if it is the same as R. pipiens, the base<br>colour (on which there are usually spots superimposed) often is not green but<br> light brown, as someone else remarked earlier.<br><br>On the original question of overpopulation, R. pipiens has almost disappeared in<br>western Canada (BC and AB) since the 70s, but seems not to be threatened in<br>central Canada; not sure about the Maritimes. The cause of western decline in<br> this particular species seems uncertain from the little I've read. Maybe also<br>a chytrid (spelling?) problem spread originally from clawed frog Xenopus to<br>other amphibians, or else a debilitating trematode parasite? Does anyone on<br> NNS have specialist info on the cause of decline for this species, as opposed<br>to that for amphibians generally, worldwide?<br>Steve</blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Randy</div> <div>'gonish.</div></div></div> ------=_Part_27091_3276231.1217275339441--
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