🌿 Nature Notes!

🌿 The Pickerel Frog is a frog native small-to-medium North American amphibian found across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. 🐸 These frogs are commonly confused with southern leopard frogs, but pickerel frogs have two distinct rows of neat, rectangular markings running down their backs, compared with more randomly scattered circular spots in leopard frogs. When stressed, they secrete a toxic, foul-smelling mucus across their skin to deter predators. A fun fact is that their mating call sounds like a low, guttural human snore! 📸 Audrey Gentry [Image Description: Pickerel Frog at Panther Branch] #NatureNotes #frog #naturelovers #supportconservation #enoriver