Mink Frogs?

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elbrecht

Are these guys Mink Frogs?

[img2]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll23 ... /brown.jpg[/img2]
[img2]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll23 ... /green.jpg[/img2]
One has been hanging out for a month now- and today we have 2 in our tiny pond. I thought I identified the first one by its call a couple weeks ago. But he hasn't made a sound since. now that there are 2 & they are
colored so differently, I wonder.

I'm near Schenectady. [Which, BTW, puts me just south of the range on Matt's Frog ID page]
They are about 2 1/2 inches long.

And they don't smell. I picked them both up yesterday evening. They didn't seem overly concerned- but I couldn't smell anything.

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They are not a species that I'm terribly familiar with but you may well be correct. Everything I read did say that the smell was quite evident though. They're also supposed to be primarily nocturnal and very shy. My first reaction was Green Frog. I have Green Frogs in my small garden pond and they're quite tame comparatively. I'm thinking that the top photo is definitely a Green Frog, given the prominent dorsolateral ridges and the mottling around the lips.
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Those are both green frogs. A mink frog would not have the banding on the legs and you hands would smell after you handle them. Green frogs tend to have highly variable morphs, often overlapping with other frogs, but banding patterns one the legs are a sure giveaway.
elbrecht

Thanks to both Brenda & Matt. After some more poking around, I agree with Matt that they are Green frogs. The 'dorsolateral ridges' - the folds of skin running down its back - convinced me. I wish they's speak up & remove any lingering doubts. They have been silent for several days.

The mink frog that was there last week must have either moved on, or is hiding from me. [the 'pond' is a manmade 8x12' affair, and the vegetation hasn't taken hold yet, so hiding is difficult] I wish I had gotten a photo of him while he was calling that night.

BTW, Matt. I think the first Mink frog pictured on your Reptile & Amphib page http://www.nyfalls.com/wildlife/Wildlif ... frogs.html is also a green frog-- it has the ridges, and the banding on the legs if you enlarge the picture.

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A mink can still have those ridges, but they will be less pronounced (not rise as high). That photo is actually from the US Fish and Wildlife service.
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