The Everglades Handbook by Thomas E. Lodge

Author:Thomas E. Lodge
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Apple Academic Press
Published: 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 17.2 A pig frog, the largest species of frog in the Everglades, at Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands, located east of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Palm Beach County. (Photo by Denise Valentin. With permission.)

In short-hydroperiod marshes and swamps of the southeast, sometimes in damp habitats far from open water, the southern leopard frog is the most common species of frog. Those present in peninsular Florida are a subspecies, the Florida leopard frog—one of the few amphibians that enters lightly brackish water, and thus may be found at the edges of mangrove swamps. Despite their jumping agility, leopard frogs are easily caught by many predators, such as the Everglades racer. They are handsomely colored and highly variable (Figure 17.3).

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