Frog Sounds
Why do male frogs make sounds?
- Advertise presence to other males • Assess body size of rivals • Recognize individual males • Recognize appropriate sex (release calls) - Species recognition • Males attract mates of SAME species for breeding - Signal aggression • Males may defend calling sites
pig frog breeding season
April-August
Both sexes make sounds for?
Distress or alarm calls given by both sexes - Alarm predator?, Warn neighbors?
Gopher frog breeding season
all year ;)
Little grass frogs breeding season
all year ;)
Southern cricket frog breeding season
all year ;)
Bronze frog breeding season
april-august
Carpenter frog breeding season
april-august
River frog breeding season
april-august
American bullfrog breeding season
april-october
Oak toad eggs breeding season
april-october
Pinewoods treefrog breeding
april-october
Eastern spadefoot eggs
band-like strings
Bronze Frog call
banjo note; g'dong (sometimes repeated)
River frog call
deep, growling snore
Gopher frog call
deep, loud snore
American bullfrog call
drawn out wrong wronk
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad call
drawn out, sheep-like maaaaa
Little grass frog call
faint, insect-like chirping
Pinewoods treefrog eggs
film at surface often attached to vegetation
cope's gray treefrog eggs
film at surface often attached to vegetation
Eastern narrow mouth toad eggs
film on surface of water
Oak Toad call
high pitched peeping
Cuban treefrog call
hoarse mraaaak
Barking Treefrog call
hollow tonk tonk; chorus sounds like barking dogs
Greenhouse frog call
insect-like squeak, tiny sneakers on a gym floor
Ornate chorus frog eggs
laid in small clusters attached to vegetation
southern spring peeper eggs
laid singly attached to vegetation
Gopher frog eggs
large cluster attached to vegetation
American bullfrog eggs
large surface film
Pig frog eggs
large surface film
River frog eggs
large surface film
cuban treefrog eggs
large surface film
Marine toad eggs
long strings
Southern Toad eggs
long strings
Cope's gray treefrog breeding season
march-august
Squirrel Treefrog breeding season
march-august
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad breeding season
march-october
Green tree frog breeding season
march-october
cuban treefrog breeding season
march-october
Eastern spade foot breeding season
march-september
Marine toad breeding season
march-september
Greenhouse frog breeding season
may-september
Southern Chorus frog breeding
november-april
Ornate chorus frog breeding season
november-march
Southern Leopard frog breeding season
november-march
Southern spring peeper breeding season
november-march
Eastern Spadefoot call
prolonged mwaaaaah, vomiting sound
Cope's gray treefrog call
rapid punctuated trill
Pinewoods treefrog call
rapid tapping sound, morse code
Squirrel Treefrog call
raspy, somewhat duck-like quack
Southern Chorus Frog call
repeated click
Southern cricket frog
repeated gick-gick-gick, two marble clicking together
Green Treefrog call
repeated nasal quoonk, two strong syllables
Pig frog call
repeated pig-like grunt
Southern spring peeper call
repeated sharp whistle
Carpenter frog call
repeated tunk-tunk-tunk
Ornate Chorus Frog call
series of high-pitched, metallic tinks
Oak toad eggs
short strings
Barking treefrog eggs
singly laid on bottom or on vegetation
Squirrel Treefrog eggs
singly laid on bottom or on vegetation
Little grass frog eggs
singly or in small clusters
Marine toad call
slow, melodic drumming
Southern Chorus frog eggs
small clusters attached to submerged vegetation
Southern cricket frog eggs
small clusters attached to vegetation
Greenhouse frog eggs
small clusters laid terrestrially
Bronze Frog eggs
small surface film
Southern Toad Call
whistling trill
Southern Toad breeding season
March-October
Barking treefrog breeding season
March-august
Females of some species make sounds?
call in response to males - Facilitates courtship - Signals unreceptiveness to males, oviposition complete
Southern Leopard frog call
chuckle or squeaky balloon-like sound
Carpenter frog eggs
clusters attached to vegetation
Southern Leopard frog eggs
clusters attached to vegetation
Green tree frog eggs
clusters near surface attached to vegetation