[NatureNS] re frog eggs & tadpoles, Yarmouth and Cumberland Counties

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:33:03 -0300
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Thanks, John.  Green frogs lay their eggs in flat surface films in =20
mid-summer, much much later than now, and they won't start calling =20
(glunk, glunk, like banjo string plucked).  Bull frogs with their =20
"jug-a-rum" calls are even later and they lay their eggs in flat =20
rafts like those of green frogs.  Eggs of American toads (our only =20
toads) are laid in long intertwining strings of eggs in jelly.  Both =20
toads and wood frogs and yellow-spotted salamanders aggregate their =20
egg masses in the same parts of ponds or ditches as their other same-=20
species compatriots.  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

On 16-Apr-12, at 6:05 PM, John and Nhung wrote:

> Hmm.. fist-sized or smaller.  Green frogs are quite common in the =20
> pond.  Woods?  Possible.  They are here, but we don=92t see them =20
> often.  Lots of peepers, and have yet to see any young-of-year =20
> tadpoles.  Also have yet to hear Mr. Toad trilling!
>
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20
> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of James W. Wolford
> Sent: April-16-12 4:56 PM
> To: NatureNS; John Gilhen; Fred Scott
> Subject: [NatureNS] re frog eggs & tadpoles, Yarmouth and =20
> Cumberland Counties
>
> John, Are your frog eggs in fist-sized clumps of jelly?  If so, =20
> very probably belong to wood frogs, or possibly leopard frogs (less =20=

> likely because a bit later in expectations, and nobody has reported =20=

> their snore-like calls yet, vs. the chuckling calls of wood frogs =20
> -- and spring peeper eggs are generally not visible since they are =20
> laid singly or in tiny groups of a few eggs.
>
> As for tadpoles, any overwintered ones (of green or mink or bull =20
> frogs) would be quite large, and any tiny blackish tadpoles should =20
> be this year's hatchlings (prob. wood frogs this early, but perhaps =20=

> peepers or leopard frogs or even early toad tadpoles?
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
> Date: April 16, 2012 6:16:04 AM ADT
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cumberland county - frogs
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Our pond on the Wyman road, near Yarmouth, has had frog eggs =20
> visible for about a week, and the overwintered tadpoles are out.
>
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20
> owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay
> Sent: April-15-12 9:06 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Cumberland county - frogs
>
> Wood frogs - huge gathering of cluckers in my fen Saturday night. =20
> Peepers just gearing up as well - same area. Saw one tiny black =20
> tadpole in my pond - not sure what. No eggs in there yet so must =20
> have been something that over wintered.
>
> Angevine Lake, Cumberland county
>


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Thanks, John. &nbsp;Green frogs lay their eggs in flat surface films in =
mid-summer, much much later than now, and they won't start calling =
(glunk, glunk, like banjo string plucked). &nbsp;Bull frogs with their =
"jug-a-rum" calls are even later and they lay their eggs in flat rafts =
like those of green frogs. &nbsp;Eggs of American toads (our only toads) =
are laid in long intertwining strings of eggs in jelly. &nbsp;Both toads =
and wood frogs and yellow-spotted salamanders aggregate their egg masses =
in the same parts of ponds or ditches as their other same-species =
compatriots. &nbsp;Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.<div>&nbsp;<br><div><div>On 16-Apr-12, at 6:05 PM, John and =
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