[NatureNS] Wood Frog without mask?

Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:22:34 -0400
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hueler &lt;SPAN dir=3Dltr&gt;&amp;lt=3B&l
On 8/24/2013 2:58 PM, Nancy P Dowd wrote:

> 2. It was hopping in the leaf litter around the foundation of the camp
> at 5am (dark). The camp is surrounded by trees and 80' from the lake-
> the terrestrial location made me think it was an odd Wood Frog, which
> are present at this location. I have also seen Pickerels, N Leopards and
> Bullfrogs  but only on the lakeshore.
>
> 3. I have never heard Green Frogs calling here. The only water nearby is
> the Lake and the road ditch which is usually dry, as it is now.

* no problem - subadult Green Frogs will often go hundreds of metres 
from the water, presumably foraging for terrestrial prey, despite being 
classified as an aquatic species.

fred.
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>>
>>             I think this is a Wood Frog but it does not have a mask.
>>             It did not
>>             seem to match the Pickerel or N Leopards in my guide:
>>             http://www.flickr.com/photos/__92981528@N08/9579613185/
>>             <http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9579613185/>
>>
>>
>>
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>>              Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>>     Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
>>     Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>>     Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.__blogspot.com/
>>     <http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/>
>>              RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>>       on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>>     (613)258-3107 <tel:%28613%29258-3107> <bckcdb at istar.ca
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>> Ronald G. Arsenault
>> Moncton, N.B.


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          Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
          RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
   on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
    (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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