Columbia Spotted Frog

Rana luteiventris

The Columbia Spotted Frog is a small, lively frog with beautiful spots on its skin. It loves to hop around in wetlands and is great at swimming in water!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Columbia Spotted Frog is a medium-sized frog, typically green, brown, or gray with irregular dark spots, often with a lighter center. It has smooth skin and a distinct cream-colored stripe along its upper jaw, which helps distinguish it from other similar frogs.

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Columbia Spotted Frog

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Columbia Spotted Frogs hibernate underwater, sometimes buried in mud, to survive freezing winters!

Female frogs gather to lay their thousands of eggs together in huge communal masses!

Some tadpoles live as long as two years before finally becoming adult frogs!

These frogs have eyes on top of their heads, perfect for peeking out of the water!

Habilidades especiales

Columbia Spotted Frogs can stay submerged for over 15 minutes, helping them hide from predators and ambush aquatic prey.

Columbia Spotted Frogs have uniquely patterned skin with dark, light-centered spots that help them disappear against riverbeds and pond bottoms.

Columbia Spotted Frogs can rapidly extend their sticky tongue to snatch insects and other small prey with incredible speed.

Columbia Spotted Frogs have a special metabolism that helps them thrive in very cold, high-elevation mountain streams.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 4-10 cm
Peso: 0.01-0.03 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-10 años
Top Speed: 1.5 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 500-2000
Metamorfosis: 90-730 días

Dieta y alimentación

These frogs munch on insects and other small invertebrates they find in the water or on land.

Diferencias por edad: Tadpoles eat algae and detritus; adults become carnivores, preying on insects and other invertebrates.

Alimentos principales

flies
beetles
grasshoppers
spiders
snails
small crustaceans

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Opportunistic predators, raccoons will catch frogs near water bodies.

Rasgos

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.