I have a natural clay pond in my backyard and for some reason the green frogs are scared to go into the water. If they jump in they hop on the water or swim as fast as they can back to the shore. Because they are scared of the water it makes me wonder if they will lay eggs this year. The bullfrogs d…

This is really interesting! I don’t know a ton about amphibians (and even less about their behavior) but maybe it’s a behavioral response to limit adult and infant interactions and possibly infanticide? Or more likely fear of predators? I wouldn’t put it past bull frogs to eat green frogs. Maybe the…

The bullfrogs are only big enough to eat the smallest green frogs and I keep them fat by throwing them worms so I don’t think they’re scared of them. The olfactory signals could be a reason, but not from the bullfrogs, as they did this before they arrived. I think it could actually be the snapping t…

I see this on occasion while doing amphibian surveys, particularly in smaller bodies of water such as ephemeral pools. I have noticed that it most often happens when there is little to no cover for the frogs to hide in once they get into the water such as fallen leaves, aquatic plants or woody debr…

There’s plenty of cover from floating plants and dead reeds I throw in there. Actually I caught a 4 or 5 inch long snapping turtle a few days ago and now the frogs are starting to go back in. The other snappers were the size of a quarter when I saw them last year and they might have left or got eate…

Animals are individuals not species. What makes one animal comfortable could scare the bageezes out of another. Three snappers? That would make me nervous!

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