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The
Spring Peeper Frog
By
Tim
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| The Spring Peeper has webbed feet and
discs on its fingers and toes. Dark rings covers most of its back.
Its belly is cream color and is usually gray, brown or olive colors.
It weighs 3 to 5 kilograms. |
| Spring Peepers rather live on ground
despite the fact it's a good climber. It also lives in swamps,
ponds and marshy woods. They also like to bury themselves in soil. |
| The Spring Peepers eat mainly insects.
The insects include ants, flies and spiders. |
| The Spring Peeper usually call in light
rains and in foggy, wet weather. They lay 100 to 800 eggs at once. |
| Spring Peepers usually sing in trios
and start with their deepest voice. This frog is the best known in
North America. Spring Peepers call during fall. They breed
March till June that's four months! |
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| The Spring Peeper is silent during
the end of summer. Their eggs hatch 6 to 12 days. The tadpoles transform
in July. Snakes are one predator of Spring Peepers. |
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