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24 Cards in this Set
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what is the family called true frogs |
ranidae |
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what is the family called tree frogs |
hylidae |
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what is the family called toads |
bufonidae |
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what are some characteristics of frogs |
no tail short backbone weak front legs, with 4 toes strong back legs with 5 toes |
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characteristics of ranidae |
moist, smooth skin feet webbed toe pads absent dorsolateral ridges leaps tympanum (ear) of males > females |
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what are the 6 types of true frogs found in ontario |
bullfrog leopard frog pickerel frog wood frog mink frog green frog |
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what are 3 types of tree frogs found in ontario |
gray treefrog spring peeper western chorus frog |
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what are 2 types of toads found in ontario |
american toad fowlers toad |
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what frog has an x on its back |
spring peeper |
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whats the difference between leopard frog and pickerel frog |
leopard = 2-3 rows of rounded spots with light borders pickerel = 2 rows of squares; hind legs bright orange/yellow (hidden) |
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what 2 frog species in the true frog family does NOT have dorsolateral ridges |
wood frog and mink frog |
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what frog produces an onion odour |
mink frog |
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whats the difference between green frog and mink frogs |
green frogs = have dorsolateral ridges, leg blotched pattern runs perpendicular to leg mink frogs = no dorsolateral ridges, leg blotched pattern runs parallel to leg |
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what frog species is a tetraploid |
gray treefrog |
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what frog was 3 dorsal stripes |
western chorus frog |
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what colour is the gray treefrogs underside of the hind legs |
bright yellow/orange |
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what are key characteristics of treefrogs |
moist, smooth skin webbed feet with toepads no dorsolateral ridges (!!!!) larger females eggs in small clusters on vegetation |
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true or false: all treefrogs have dorsolateral ridges |
false, none do. |
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what tree frog species has very prominent toe pads |
gray treefrog |
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what are characteristics of bufonidae species |
dry warty skin paratoid glands at back of head cranial crests no dorsolateral ridge (!!!) hop males smaller and darker throats |
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whats the difference between american toads and fowlers toad |
american toad = 1-2 warts in largest dark spot, crest spotted, cranial crest separate or connected by spur to paratoid glands fowler's toad = 3+ warts, chest does not ahve spots, cranial crest abuts paratoid gland |
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ranidae egg mass |
largest quantity float on surface or attached to veg |
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hylidae egg masses |
laid singly or in small groups attached to veg |
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bufonidae |
laid in strings AMTO eggs partitioned, fowlers not partitioned |
