;vS HKdOKI.VN INSTirrTE MU.SIU'M. SCIKXCK lU-I.LICTIX 2. ,i. 
The wiiod frog is (lur nii>st acti\-e fro^, and the one that is the most 
difficnlt to catch. An\- t'ro.t; that is seen in a wood or field, and that 
makes extremel\ lon<; lea])s, is ])rol)al)l\- a wood froi;. 
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A'li/ni ilaiiiitaus Latreille 
Leuiftli of liody 7.6;. to 12,7.. centimeter.-, ( ,^ to 5 inches ). Huily rather lon^ ami 
slender. Skin usnally somewhat rough. Hind feet webbed, the web exlcmlin.',' to 
the second from the last joint of the longest toe. A conspicuous fold on eacli siile of 
the back. Color above, greenish brown to bright green. White below. 
The -reeii fro.^ is the common fro.i; that is seen in Lon- Islan.l |h,o1s 
and streams thron-hc.ut the summer. Its note resembles that madel.x 
liluckint; a string; on a Irui. or a hass violin. Xo other fro.j, or toad 
pr.Kliices a sound that resembles it. The •■s.Xi^w fro- sin-sail through 
the months ,,f Max and June. In im;, the first .me was heanl m 
Patchogue on Ma> first. 
The green frog make.- its sound while crouching half submerged in 
shallow water at the edge of a pool. It will hold its ]MJ^ition for mans 
minutes, and will readil\ allow itself to be ]>hotograi>hed. It fre(|UentI\- 
gives out a .series of three or four notes at inter\-als of about a second, but 
it is not a persistent singer. .Vii obser\er is fortunate if he hears one sing 
once in five niinutes. 
When a green frog sings, it swells out its throat and the .sides of its 
neck until it looks as if it had the mumps. lUit tlie song is completed so 
<|uickl\ that the ]iIiotographcr must snap the c.imera instantl> , at the 
\ery beginning of the sound, in order to secure a jiicture of the frog in 
the act of singing. 
The green frog is the largest of the Long Island frogs excejit the 
bull frog. Si-ecimens with a bod\ length of o\er four inches ma>' 
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I,eiiKtli,.f bods i,v2,it.,2<..3..centiiiicter.Mhlo.S indies I. \o iirnmineiit ndges 
011 the back. Hind feet webl.c.l, tlie svcl. cxteii.lin.- to the last Joint . .f the lon.gest 
loe. Color alKjvc, .green or greeiiisb brown, below white. 
Long I.slaiiders call e\-er\ big green frog a bull frog. The chances 
are, however, that \-er\- few of the present generation have seen a bull 
frog on the Lsland. These frogs were coninion about fifty sears ago, but 
