Mink Frog (Lithobates septentrionalis)
Mink Frog (Click to enlarge)
Description: Mink Frogs are brown to olive green with a beautiful and variable light green mottling. They have a green upper lip and ridges on their back that can be prominent or absent. Their under belly is yellowish and their eardrums are large. The male, like many frogs, has larger thumbs.
Eggs: Masses of eggs are laid.
Call: Several, low clucks in a row, rarely heard amongst the cacophony of other amphibians.
Habitat: Mink Frogs are nocturnal and live in swamps, marshes, ponds, rivers and streams. Due to their smaller populations, they are less frequently encountered on roads at night than other frog species.
Diet: They feed on insects and spiders near the water. Large fish, herons, hawks, snakes, snapping turtles and larger frogs consume them.
Eggs: Masses of eggs are laid.
Call: Several, low clucks in a row, rarely heard amongst the cacophony of other amphibians.
Habitat: Mink Frogs are nocturnal and live in swamps, marshes, ponds, rivers and streams. Due to their smaller populations, they are less frequently encountered on roads at night than other frog species.
Diet: They feed on insects and spiders near the water. Large fish, herons, hawks, snakes, snapping turtles and larger frogs consume them.