Frog identification guide - adapted from Toronto Zoo

Green to brown colour

Boys have a bright yellow throat

The biggest type of frog found in Ontario!

3.5-8 inches long (use the ruler on the left

to see how big they are!)

When they call to other frogs, it sounds like

someone is saying "Jug-O-Rum...Jug-O-

Rum"!

Green to brown colour

Have a ridge along their entire back

Dark brown or black round spots on

back and side

Their spots have a yellow

outline around them

2-4 inches long

When they call to other frogs, it

sounds like someone is rubbing a wet

balloon!

Green colour

Green or brown coloured legs

Bright green top lip

Dark coloured lines on its back legs

2-4 inches long

When they call to other frogs, it sounds

like someone is snapping a rubber band!

Bullfrog

Leopard Frog

Green Frog

Meet some Ottawa frogs!

Illustrations by Wallace Edwards. Handout adapted from the Adopt-a-Pond, Toronto Zoo (2016).