What is Northern green frog?
{{Taxobox | name = Northern green frog | image = Northern Green Frog - Tewksbury, NJ.jpg | image_caption = Female Northern green frog | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | familia = [[Ranidae]] | genus = ''[[Rana (genus)|Rana]]'' | species = '''Rana clamitans''' | subspecies = '''''R. c. melanota''''' | synonyms = ''Lithobates clamitans melanotus''}} The '''Northern green frog''' is a [[subspecies]] of the [[North America]]n [[green frog]]. Its name is either ''Rana clamitans melanota'',<ref>[http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond/frogs.asp?fr=11 Green Frog], Metro Toronto Zoo</ref> or ''Lithobates clamitans melanota''.<ref>[http://www.carcnet.ca/english/amphibians/species_accounts/anurans/L_clamitans/clamitans.php ''Lithobates clamitans melanota''], Green Frog, CARCNET</ref> It is moderately large. It is found in the northeast [[United States]] and some of eastern [[Canada]]. Its call sounds like a plucked [[banjo]]. It has a fold running from the top of its eyes down the side of its back. The [[bullfrog]] does not have these folds. It is normally found in [[swamp]]s, [[marsh]]es, and [[mud]]dy [[stream]]s. ==Related pages== *[[Pickerel frog]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Frogs of North America]]