Species Description
Research show that wild green frogs, both living in contaminated suburban backyard ponds and also in relatively pristine forested ponds, can switch sexes. This sex reversal appears to be a natural condition but it is currently unknown whether these wild sex-reversed green frogs are able to breed.
Species Details
FAMILY
Ranidae
GENUS
Ranidae
5-10 cm in length
LIFE SPAN
3 years
HEMISPHERE
Northern
ECOSYSTEM
Bodies of water and have been found in a variety of habitats, living at the margins of shallow freshwater ponds, road-side ditches, lakes, swamps, and streams, and of vernal pools and other temporary bodies of water
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithobates_clamitans
https://carpenternaturecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Green-Frog-Natural-History.pdf
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/frogs-reverse-sex-more-often-than-thought?loggedin=true&rnd=1680630976434
Image by Ryan Hodnett - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77244435