Green frogs have a mating call, but it’s not nearly as melodious as the toad’s. It’s more like a banjo twanging (though equally persistent)!
There are more than two frogs in this photo, and evidently, there’s sometimes a pile-up (though I think it’s unusual). In fact, we’ve read that sometimes the whole “frog ball” will actually sink. When they sort it all out, there will be just one male and one female.
The green frog tadpoles are much larger than the toad tadpoles. It was very interesting seeing both the toads and green frogs develop.
Unlike a toad, a green frog overwinters as a tadpole. They develop much more slowly, which is why they don’t reproduce in vernal ponds as toads do. (Vernal ponds are those very important, temporary ponds found in woods and in other places.)
Since our ponds aren’t deep enough for green frogs to reliably overwinter, and since we no longer have someone supplying their swimming pool frogs, we no longer have green frogs. We miss them!