Last Friday while monitoring at a wet meadow, we came across this Northern Leopard Frog - otherwise known as a Meadow Frog because they spend much of their time in meadows. He really is quite a handsome fellow.
Leopard Frogs can have a background color of either green or brown, but in my experience are more commonly green. I was unable to find out if the same individual can change color over time, which would be a definite advantage. This one certainly was well suited to hiding in the fall landscape (he's in the center of the photo above).
I never fully appreciated the camouflage of these critters.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty amazing.