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Green Frog

Rana clamitans

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fauna

Green Frog
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

SIZE

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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