| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Mark Austwick (Mozwik) (44) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007 |
| Categories: Amphibians |
| Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-10-30 13:37 |
| Viewed: 160 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Rana temporaria - The Common Frog
This one was very yellow and quite large (~10cm). It was taken on a rainy night in southern England.
The Common Frog is found throughout much of Europe as far north as the Arctic Circle and as far east as the Urals, except for most of Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans.
Adult Common Frogs will feed on any invertebrate of a suitable size. Favourites include insects, (especially flies) snails, slugs and worms. The frogs hunt catch these animals by catching them on their long, sticky tongues.
Common frogs are active almost all of the year, only hibernating when it gets very cold and the water and earth are consistently frozen. In the British Isles, common frogs typically hibernate from late October to January. They will re-emerge as early as February if conditions are favourable, and migrate to bodies of water such as garden ponds. Where conditions are harsher, such as in the Alps, they emerge as late as early June. Common frogs hibernate in running waters, muddy burrows and can hibernate in layers of decaying leaves and mud at the bottom of ponds. The fact that they can breathe through their skins allows them to stay underwater for much longer periods of time when they are hibernating. |
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