#true frog

[weirdchristmas]

It wouldn't be a holiday without at least one random ass frog card.

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Hoppy New Year: True frogs are what you'd see if you looked up "frog" in the dictionary. They're found worldwide (except Antarctica) occupying habitats near water.

[herpsandbirds]

Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) with eggs, family Ranidae, NE United States

These frogs often survive harsh winter conditions by freezing solid, and then thwing out in Spring.

They are the most northerly amphibian in the Americas, rangining in far northern Alaska and Canada.

photograph by Lindsey Swierk

[notquitebilateral]

Found an old photo from when I lived on the farm. Dirt basement that sometimes got water collected in it made for an interesting chore of relocate the frogs in the basement back outside. Say hello to the many patterns of the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus).

[weirdchristmas]

Because this makes sense.

[weirdchristmas]

He just accepted that his path was to stand on a rock playing flute for a duck, no philosophical struggle involved.

[weirdchristmas]

I want those pants.

[weirdchristmas]