Frogs and Toads
Our Frog Objectives
Identification
Bull Frog
8 in.
1.5 lbs
Shallow water: Freshwater ponds and lakes
Nocturnal Predators: Insects, mice , fish, birds, snakes
Camouflage
Bull Frog
Bullfrog
Eastern American Toad
Size
• 43.5 to
26.3
Grams
• 2-3.5 in.
Food
Poisonous
Live
• Insects
• Slugs
• Worms
•Their
warts
secret
bufotoxin
(a poison)
• Near
water
• Burrow
in cool
loose soil
Eastern American
Toad
Eastern American Toad
Eastern Gray Treefrog
2 3/8 inches
Large toe
pads
Wooded
habitats
Insects and
invertebrates
Eastern Gray
Treefrog
Eastern Gray Treefrog
Invertebrates
Mainland
(urban and
rural areas)
Near ponds
Size
Earthworms
Skin
secretions
are toxic to
other frogs
and cause
skin irritation
Habitat
Insects
Adaptation
Food
Pickerel Frog
27.5 to 12.1
grams
1.75 to 3.5
inches
Pickerel Frog
Pickerel Frog
Northern Green Frog
Food
Size
• Snakes
• Lizards
• Other frogs
• 2 ¼ To 4 ¼ inches
Habitat
Adaptations
• Freshwater marshes,
shallow ponds, small
streams
• Tadpoles are
“slightly” toxic
Northern Green
Frog
Northern Green Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Size
Habitat
Adaptation
Food
3 to 5
Inches
Ponds,
swamps,
marshes,
slow
streams
Powerful
swimmers
(webbed
feet)
Beetles,
ants, flies,
worms,
small
frogs
Northern Leopard
Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Northern Spring Peeper
Size
Adaptation
0.11 to 0.18
Ounces
Food
Habitat
Nocturnal
Carnivores
Marshes,
ponds,
swamps
Insects,
spiders,
ants
Prefer loose
debris on
the forest
floor
Large toe
pads for
climbing
1 to 1.5
inches
Northern Spring
Peeper
Northern Spring Peeper
Wood Frog
Size
Adaptation
Habitat
Food
•1 to 3 inches
•Can sustain a
body
temperature
as low as -6
degrees
Celsius
•Tundra, wet
grasslands,
moist
woodlands
•Vernal pools
during the
breeding
season
•Insects
•Invertebrates
Wood Frog
Wood Frog
Frog Calls
Endangered Frogs and Toad
New Jersey Chorus Frog
Size
•0.75 to 1.5 inches
Adaptation
•Camouflage
Habitat
•Shallow pools along streams, ditches, canals
•Dry fields
•Forest swamps
•Wet meadows
Food
•Eggs and larvae of amphibians
New Jersey
Chorus Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Size
• Up to 5 inches
Adaptation
• They can leap several feet to escape predators
Habitat
• Shallow water: Lakes, marshes, streams
Food
• Nocturnal: Insects, earthworms, invertebrates
Southern Leopard
Frog
Northern Cricket Frog
Habitat
Adaptation
Size
Food
•Along sunny, muddy, marshy gently sloping edges
of ponds, reservoirs, streams, pastures
•They jump up to 3 ft in zigzag motions
•0.75 to 1.5 inches
•Invertebrates, beetles, larvae, flies
Northern Cricket
Frog
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Size
Habitat
Adaptation
Food
• 1.75 to 3.25 inches
• Fields, farmland, woodlands with sandy or loose soil
• Breed in vernal pools or flooded fields
• Hard to find: Hide in burrows
• Flies, crickets, caterpillars, snails
Eastern Spadefoot
Toad
Threatened / Candidate Frogs
NONE
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