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| Photograph by Suzanne Collins - CNAH |
In the Midwest typically the first frog mating call you'll hear is the Boreal Chorus Frog. The SECOND mating call comes shortly after.
This second frog lives throughout the eastern US, north from Canada, south to Central Florida, west to the Kansas/Missouri border. This species doesn't live in Kansas City, but just south of KC along the border to Oklahoma. The mating call sounds like the call of a baby bird. This species can be identified by the faint X on its back. If you see/hear this creature you're lucky. This is a threatened species!
Second frog - pictured above.
What is this species?
1) Cricket Frog
2) Spring Peeper
3) Leopard Frog
4) None of the above
Answer - #2 - Spring Peeper
What makes this species interesting?
1) Cannibalistic
2) Females lay over 10,000 eggs
3) Males fight for territory
4) All the above
Answer - #3 - Males fight over territory!
Want to hear the mating call of the male spring peeper? http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=AR0014
Hit the listen tab.
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