This is a wood frog! The only herp (that is, an amphibian or a reptile) in interior Alaska.
So I was super dee duper excited when Nellie found this guy in the field. We brought her to the ponds so she can lay some eggies in the near future. A month ago I was looking at amphibian egg masses in Maine, and now Alaska is catching up. I found another one in the field yesterday while broad-forking.
Facts about these guys:
They freeze in the winter! Like they just crawl into the ground and then freeze! Holy moley!
Their scientific name is Rana sylvatica, as in silviculture. Wood frog... forestry... cool huh?
You can tell that it's a wood frog by the bandit-like mask on its eyes.
They breed in vernal pools!
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