Episode Number
61
Episode Show Notes / Description
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans).
The frog that sounds like the pluck of a banjo string.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Green Frog call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML514691)
- Green Frog chorus by Wil Hershberger (ML527303)
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Transcript
This is Brodie with Illinois Extension and I’m here with a new “voice of the wild”
Superficially similar to, and often heard in combination with bullfrogs, this smaller frog shares the bullfrog’s splotchy olive skin and large tympanum, or eardrums, on either side of the head. Other than size, this frog has comparatively less webbing on the toes, a lighter and greener front, and distinct ridges running along the back. This is the green frog
While the green frog might look similar to the bullfrog, its call couldn’t be more different. It is often described by many as an explosive banjo pluck. Its a highly aquatic frog, with tadpoles that overwinter and emerge as frogs in the summer of that second year. Listen for the green frog in spacious ponds and lakesides especially in the northern and southern part of the state. Here’s the green frog again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW
Superficially similar to, and often heard in combination with bullfrogs, this smaller frog shares the bullfrog’s splotchy olive skin and large tympanum, or eardrums, on either side of the head. Other than size, this frog has comparatively less webbing on the toes, a lighter and greener front, and distinct ridges running along the back. This is the green frog
While the green frog might look similar to the bullfrog, its call couldn’t be more different. It is often described by many as an explosive banjo pluck. Its a highly aquatic frog, with tadpoles that overwinter and emerge as frogs in the summer of that second year. Listen for the green frog in spacious ponds and lakesides especially in the northern and southern part of the state. Here’s the green frog again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW