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Green Frog Tadpole Gulping Air This behavior is a great adaptation and is also very cute. As the tadpoles develop and get close to developing legs, they no longer simply breathe with gills, but they also start surfacing to breathe air. Geotagged,Green Frog Tadpole Gulping Air,Green frog,Lithobates clamitans,Spring,United States,frog,green frog,green frog tadpole,tadpole Click/tap to enlarge

Green Frog Tadpole Gulping Air

This behavior is a great adaptation and is also very cute. As the tadpoles develop and get close to developing legs, they no longer simply breathe with gills, but they also start surfacing to breathe air.

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The green frog is a species of frog native to the eastern half of the United States and Canada. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog.

Similar species: Frogs
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded May 23, 2018. Captured May 23, 2018 11:08 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm