{"id":14198,"date":"2014-04-04T13:40:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14198"},"modified":"2014-04-04T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T18:40:06","slug":"wood-frog-egg-masses-in-southcoast-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14198","title":{"rendered":"Wood Frog Egg Masses in SouthCoast Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-turtle-journal-car-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14200\" title=\"zpost turtle journal car 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-turtle-journal-car-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-turtle-journal-car-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-turtle-journal-car-001-480-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Turtle Journal Office in the Field<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spring activity demands that the Turtle Journal team be on the road and in the field as amphibians and herps awaken from\u00c2\u00a0a long winter slumber.\u00c2\u00a0 So, as dawn breaks, we saddle up the Turtle Journal field office and head out into the wild for discoveries and adventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-002-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14208\" title=\"zpost-wood-frog-002-480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-002-480-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) serve as troubadours of Springtime in the wetlands of the Great White North.\u00c2\u00a0 With snow and ice still clinging to SouthCoast swamplands, their distinctive and raucous croaks can be heard as temperatures crack the 40s.\u00c2\u00a0 For those unfamiliar with this special call of the wild, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ZeagAarJD18\" target=\"_blank\">click here for one of our YouTube videos from 2012<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14204\" title=\"zpost wood frog egg mass 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-002-480-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Wood Frog Egg Masses in SouthCoast Wetlands<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes, an early sign of Spring in SouthCoast wetlands are the raucous, guttural calls of amorous wood frogs, soon followed by the appearance of egg masses.\u00c2\u00a0 We had been searching for wood frog egg masses for several days, and found them Thursday morning, April 3rd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14202\" title=\"zpost wood frog egg 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-001-480-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Wood Frog Egg Freshly Deposited<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On close inspection, the eggs seemed freshly\u00c2\u00a0deposited with little development as illustrated in the image above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-200-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14206\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-200-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-200-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/zpost-wood-frog-egg-mass-200-480-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Wood Frog Eggs Beginning to Divide and Develop<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yet, by later in the afternoon when we returned to the site, we could detect definitive cellular division and development.\u00c2\u00a0 The chorus of wood frogs continues and more egg masses appear each morning.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turtle Journal Office in the Field Spring activity demands that the Turtle Journal team be on the road and in the field as amphibians and herps awaken from\u00c2\u00a0a long winter slumber.\u00c2\u00a0 So, as dawn breaks, we saddle up the Turtle Journal field office and head out into the wild for discoveries and adventures. 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