The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17537217674)

Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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202 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL entire length of the body, there is a vein-Hke ridge or fold of skin. The Pond Frog is, moreover, considerably smaller- Average length of body, '^\ inches; total length, with limbs out- stretched, 7f inches. Range: Eastern and central United States and southern Canada. Local Distribution: General and abundant. With the possible exception of the Toad, the Pond Frog is the most familiar of our local batrachians. It is found every- where and abundantly in ponds and streams, where its familiar
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FIG- 25- THE POND FROG, OR GREEN FROG From specimen in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. croaking may be heard during the summer months. The eggs are deposited in masses early in the spring. The jelly-like clusters containing the numerous black dots representing the developing embryos are familiar objects. The tadpoles are rather slow in growth, generally consuming two seasons before they complete their metamorphosis, according to the tempera- ture of the water and its exposure to sunlight. In the fall the tadpoles burrow into the mud and hibernate. The average tad- pole is three inches in length when the limbs are well advanced in growth, and the young frog, immediately after absorption of the tail, measures slightly more than an inch. Tadpoles