Wood Frog
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Ranidae
Rana
Rana sylvatica
The Wood Frog is characterized by its prominent black "mask" extending from the tip of its snout through the eye and tympanum. The typanum, or tympanic membrane, can be called the frog's eardrum. It is… More »
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The Wood frog ( Rana sylvatica ) has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the southern Appalachians to the boreal forest with several notable disjunct populations including lowl...
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Wood frogs range from 3.5 to 7.6 cm. Females are much larger than males. This species exhibits a number of color morphs, ... Wood frog tadpoles have been shown to have the strongest powers of kin recognition yet discovered in amphibian larvae. These tadpoles can recognize kin using maternal and paternal factors.
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The wood frog (1), Rana sylvatica, is a small (about 2") frog of moist woodlands which has a range of most of northern North America. As the name implies, this frog is not an animal of ponds and streams but one which spends it life in the woodlands ... ; Obligate species ; Fairy Shrimp; Wood Frogs ; Mole; Salamanders;
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Discussion The only North American frog found north of the Arctic Circle. Primarily diurnal. In the colder parts of its range, the Wood Frog is an explosive breeder. Swarms of pairs lay fertilized eggs within 1 or 2 days, then disappear into the surrounding country. ... Species Search...
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Browse by Species: Wood frog (5 articles) ... Stage- and species-specific developmental toxicity of all-trans retinoic acid in four native North American ranids and Xenopus laevis. Toxicol Sci 2000 Oct;57(2):264-74. ... Author Exposure Journal Methodology Outcome Risk Factor Species Year...
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Among the many things that herald spring in Manitoba, one of my favourites is the "quork, quork, quork" of wood frog males calling for mates. When winter's snow is all but gone, leaving ponds and ditches brimming with melt water, ... World-wide there are only a few species of vertebrates that can tolerate freezing.
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Scientific name: Rana sylvatica; Common name: Wood Frog ... (Information in this Species Page was compiled by Laura Pacuch in Biology 220W, Spring 2003, at Penn State New Kensington)
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