Wood Frog

It rained most of yesterday and our woods was very damp, but I still decided to clean up some dead trees. While driving along the muddy road in the woods I noticed a small Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) jump out of the way of my tractor (I may have splashed some mud in the frog's eye). This was a very young frog and only about 1.5 inches long. Wood Frogs are easy to identify by the dark mask around their eyes and ridges that run down their back. Wood Frogs can survive long cold winters since they can tolerate the freezing of their blood and other tissues. They are one of the first amphibians to emerge for breeding right when the snow melts.