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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).

Frog identification guide - adapted from Toronto Zoo

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Page 1: 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).