Foothill Yellow-legged Frog

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The Foothill Yellow-legged Frog is a small, colorful frog found near rivers and streams. They have bright yellow legs and love to hop around in the water and on land.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Foothill Yellow-legged Frog has mottled brown, gray, or reddish skin with small bumps, helping it blend into rocky streambeds. Its most distinctive feature is the bright yellow or orange wash on the underside of its hind legs and feet. It often lacks prominent dorsolateral folds.

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Foothill Yellow-legged Frog

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Adult frogs can use their powerful legs to create splashes, startling predators away!

Tadpoles have a sucker-like mouth, helping them cling to rocks in rushing water!

These frogs lay string-like egg clumps attached to rocks, protecting them from strong river currents.

These frogs love cool, clear mountain streams, avoiding murky ponds where they cannot thrive.

Habilidades especiales

Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs have special rough skin on their belly and hind legs that helps them grip slippery rocks in fast-flowing water.

Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs can breathe through their skin, allowing them to stay underwater for a long time in oxygen-rich streams.

Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs have mottled, bumpy skin that perfectly matches the stones and pebbles of their streambed home, making them almost invisible.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 3.7-7.8 cm
Peso: 0.005-0.03 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-7 años
Top Speed: 8 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 200-800
Metamorfosis: 60-150 días

Dieta y alimentación

These frogs are hungry insect-eaters, snatching up bugs that come too close to their watery home.

Diferencias por edad: Tadpoles are vegetarians, grazing on algae; adults are carnivores eating insects and other small invertebrates.

Alimentos principales

Flies
Beetles
Spiders
Crickets
Ants
Caterpillars

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Snakes are a common predator along streambanks.

eaten by

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Larger fish prey on tadpoles and young frogs.

eats

Bloodworm (Midge larva)

Chironomus plumosus

Adult frogs ambush various stream-dwelling insects.

eaten by

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Raccoons forage along stream banks for frogs.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

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.