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10 Cards in this Set
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Coastal tailed frog [Blue] - Mate in fall, no vocalization (no external eardrum) - Female lays eggs next summer, small clusters underneath rocks - Males have a small tail - Prefer moving water (more oxygenated/larvae have suckers/internal fertilization) |
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Great basin spadefoot toad [Blue] - Bunchgrass/sagebrush Okanogon (Dry) - Uses temporary polls for breeding - burrowing with hind legs |
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Western toad - fields, forests, meadows, wetlands - parotid gland and reddish-brown warts - eggs laid in strings |
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Pacific tree frog (Chorus frog) -generic frog calls -change colour (green/brown) - breed wherever there is water - black line on side reaches nose, pads on feet |
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Northern red legged frog [Blue] - only found in lower mainland/ Victoria - small, forest pools within damp forests - large loose egg masses laid in spring - red colouration under legs |
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Columbia spotted frog - Olive, light brown or tan and black spots with light centres - can have red legs/bellies as well - hibernates in mud in the winter |
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Wood frog - freezes totally in winter - eggs laid in shallow clear pools after ice melt - black mask, contrasts with lips |
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Oregon spotted frog [RED] - rarest in BC (3 spots in lower fraser valley) - redder with age -lays eggs communally (strictly aquatic lifestyle) |
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Green frog [Intro] - "banjo frog" based on call - green/brown/bronze/olive colour change - dorsolateral fold (starts above eye, follows body) - very large egg masses, breed later (not climate adapted) - lily ponds and ditches |
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Bullfrog [Intro] - very large, larg-e tympanum - dorsolateral ridge does to follow body - loud bellowy call - breed in weedy, high veg permanent lakes, ponds |
