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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 
1914 
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Our Friendly Frogs and Toads 
( Continued from page 362) 
ing various small insects. Its natural ene¬ 
mies are the weasel, mink and the cop¬ 
perhead snake. Its main defense lies in 
the pale, brown coloration, like the dead 
leaves that carpet the woods, but it is 
also able to leap surprising distances, 
and keep on going like an animated rub¬ 
ber ball. 
In contrast to the modest colors of the 
wood frog is the gaudy pattern of the leop¬ 
ard frog,our most beautiful amphibian,and 
ranging generally over the United States. 
The bold, black spots cause him to re¬ 
semble the swamp-meadow frog, so fa¬ 
miliar to the country lad as bait for pick¬ 
erel. Though similar in pattern, the 
swamp-meadow frog has squarish spots, 
and the legs are inclined to be ringed 
with black, rather than spotted. Under 
ordinary conditions this is a difficult frog 
to study as a captive. It will not sur¬ 
vive unless kept in continuously cool, pre¬ 
ferably running, water. It is sometimes 
called the “poison frog,” as the skin 
exudes an irritating and strong-smelling 
secretion. Even the hungry toad-eating 
snake makes but a half-hearted attempt 
to swallow a swamp-meadow frog, and 
soon releases his prey. The serpent’s 
mouth-parts at once become red and sore, 
and the reptile seeks water to wash 
away the burning taste. The great abun¬ 
dance of this frog is probably brought 
about by its unsavory skin and the con¬ 
sequent absence of natural enemies. A 
prowler in the damp meadows, it is a 
valuable insect destroyer. 
Our favorite among the frogs is prob¬ 
ably the common green-headed species — 
the pond frog. The male has a bright, 
golden throat, and his mate is silvery 
white beneath. The ringing croak from 
among the lily-pads is part of the fasci¬ 
nation of a pond. Unfortunately, the ad¬ 
vent of the air-gun and the light rifle, 
together with the high reputation of 
frogs' legs, have greatly lessened the 
numbers of these frogs. In many large 
areas they have almost disappeared. 
Happily, something is being done to save 
these useful allies of man’s welfare. 
Game laws have already gone into effect 
prohibiting the capture of frogs during 
April and May — the breeding season — 
and the writer has liberated batches that 
have been confiscated in the market. 
When we hear the deep, throaty bel¬ 
low of the big bullfrog, by far the 
largest of our amphibians, it should be 
realized that if these burly songsters are 
in a pond or narrow stream they are 
about the only species of frog repre¬ 
sented there, for here we have a canni¬ 
bal that even preys upon its young. 
Young bullfrogs look something like the 
Common pond frog, but are easily dis¬ 
tinguished by their habit of taking the 
water when alarmed. The pond frog 
silently jumps and disappears with a 
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