STOP!
LOOK!
LISTEN!
Seven different species of frogs and one species of toad have discovered these pools for
breeding in the spring. See if you can see or hear them as you walk along this trail. Use
the guide below to help you figure out the “WHO’S WHO?” in the amphibian world..
Singer
Song
Spring Peeper
(.75 - 1.25”)
sleigh bells or
bird-like rising whistle
Bullfrog
(3.25 - 6”)
“chug-o-rum” in a deep voice
Southern Leopard Frog
(2 - 3.5”)
chuckle –like quacking
metallic “gick, gick, gick” like
the sound of small rocks being struck together rapidly
Cricket Frog
(.6- 1.5”)
Green Frog
(2.5 - 3.5”)
banjo string
Chorus Frog
(.75 -1.5”)
2 second vibrating “prrreep”,
like running a fingernail over
the small teeth of a pocket
comb, with a rise at end
American Toad
(2 - 3.5”)
musical trill lasting up to 30
seconds
Adapted from: Wetlands, Pamela Hickman, Federation of Ontario Naturalists
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