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  2. Northern green frog - Wikipedia

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    The northern green frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota) [2] is a subspecies of the green frog, Lithobates clamitans. It is native to the northeastern North America and has been introduced to British Columbia. [3] Its mating call sounds like the single note of a plucked banjo. It is also quite common in the pet trade.

  3. Lithobates clamitans - Wikipedia

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    Lithobates clamitans [5] or Rana clamitans, [2] [6] [7] commonly known as the green frog, is a species of frog native to eastern North America. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog. These frogs, as described by their name, typically have varying degrees of green heads.

  4. Mosquitofish in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Responses observed in the green and golden bellfrog suggest that tadpoles are naïve to mosquitofish because they did not respond to them. Additionally, Gambusia and other introduced fish may have reduced the suitability of permanent water bodies as breeding sites for pond-breeding amphibian species such as the green and golden bellfrog. [12]

  5. Mosquitofish - Wikipedia

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    Mosquitofish feed on mosquito larvae at all stages of life, if mosquito larvae are available in the environment. Adult females can consume up to hundreds of mosquito larvae in one day. [ 3 ] Maximum consumption rate in a day by one mosquitofish has been observed to be from 42%–167% of its own body weight. [ 19 ]

  6. Pickerel frog - Wikipedia

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    The pickerel frog's poisonous secretions cannot stop all creatures; green frogs, bull frogs, northern water snakes, eastern ribbon snakes, and common garter snakes are their usual predators. [22] When threatened, pickerel frogs will jump into the water and dive to the bottom to escape predators like birds and snakes.

  7. Western pygmy perch - Wikipedia

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    This species is mainly carnivorous, they eat various dipteran larvae, including mosquitos, ostracods, and copepods, and small quantities of algae, and are adept at taking mosquitoes from the surface of the water. [4] They attain sexual maturity at one year old, and can live as long as 5 years. [2] Western pygmy perch larva

  8. Eastern newt - Wikipedia

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    The larva stage is a period of 2 to 5 months. [7] The larva possesses gills and does not leave the pond environment where it was hatched. Larvae are brown-green, and shed their gills when they transform into the red eft. The larval Eastern Newt is the most heavily preyed upon stage.

  9. Edible frog - Wikipedia

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    The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) [1] [2] is a hybrid species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans). It is used for food, particularly in France as well as Germany and Italy, for the delicacy frog legs. [3]