I appreciate your patience. I had knee surgery last Friday the 19th and I’m looking forward to being back in a good state of mind, and able to hike to the highest parts of my mountains in short order.

Green Frogs (Rana clamitans) are solitary frogs, except when it is mating time around breeding ponds. This photo is from April 2010. Large to small, male Green Frogs waiting for females to come by. These frogs are usually between 3 and 5 inches in length at 4 to 5 years of age.

In 3 to 7 days eggs are hatched into tadpoles. It will take from 3 to 22 months to change into full grown frogs, depending in part on if they choose to go into metamorophosis before or after winter. Some will wait, some will not.

The Green Frog is not the first of the frogs to lay eggs in late winter or early spring. That would be the Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus). The little one with the black bandit’s mask. The frog that announces his desire to mate with his all day long, all night long, clack, clack, clack sound which I totally enjoy hearing.

Stay tuned and I’ll let you know when I hear them. There is no confusing them with any other frogs!

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