FrogWatch 2005 Summary by Frog Species

Frog Species Number Heard (or seen),* Location, & Date Past Occurence***
Upper Sligo Middle Sligo Lower Sligo
American Toad Bufo americanus CHORUS heard at #8 (Boardwalk at Dallas), 4/4
CHORUS singing at #3 (University Blvd stormwater ponds), 4/7
OVERLAPPING songs at #4 (Headwaters at Ladd), 4/8
OVERLAPPING songs at #1 (Headwaters, Blueridge at Channing), 4/8
confirmed confirmed confirmed
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana INDIVIDUAL sighted near #8, at foot of Crosby St., 3/30
OVERLAPPING songs at #9 (Univ. Blvd ponds), 7/17
INDIVIDUAL singing at #7 (Godwin Drive Marsh), 7/17
confirmed expected expected
Green Frog Rana clamitans None heard or seen confirmed expected expected
Pickerel Frog Rana palustris INDIVIDUAL singing at #3 (University Blvd stormwater ponds), 5/8 confirmed expected expected
Wood Frog Rana sylvatica EGG MASSES (tentative ID) at #4 (Headwaters at Ladd), 4/8 confirmed unlikely possible
Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer INDIVIDUAL singing at #7 (Godwin Drive Marsh), 3/30;
INDIVIDUAL singing (tentative ID) at #5 (Wheaton Branch stormwater ponds), 3/20
confirmed unlikely possible
Gray Tree Frog Hyla versicolor CHORUS singing at #3 (University Blvd stormwater ponds), 5/8
CHORUS singing at #3 (University Blvd stormwater ponds), 7/17
expected unlikely possible
Fowler's Toad Bufo woodhousii None heard or seen possible possible possible
Southern Leopard Frog Rana spenocephala None heard or seen unlikely unlikely possible
Striped Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata
Eastern Spadefood Toad Scaphiopus holbrookii
Green Tree Frog Hyla cinera
None seen or heard unlikely unlikely unlikely