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wood frog

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1. wood-frog, wood frog, Rana sylvaticanoun

   wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce

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1. Wood frog

   Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica, commonly known as the wood frog, is a frog species that has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the boreal forest of the north to the southern Appalachians, with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina. The wood frog has garnered attention from biologists because of its freeze tolerance, relatively great degree of terrestrialism (for a ranid), interesting habitat associations (peat bogs, vernal pools, uplands), and relatively long-range movements. The ecology and conservation of the wood frog has attracted research attention in recent years because they are often considered "obligate" breeders in ephemeral wetlands (sometimes called "vernal pools"), which are themselves more imperiled than the species that breed in them. The wood frog has been proposed to be the official state amphibian of New York.

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1. wood frog

   A wood frog is a small amphibian species found primarily in North America, known scientifically as Rana Sylvatica. Typically brown, tan or rust-colored, they are identifiable by a dark marking around their eyes resembling a 'robber's mask'. As their name suggests, they favor wooded areas and are uniquely adapted to cold climates, able to survive freezing temperatures by producing a natural form of antifreeze. They lay their eggs in vernal pools and their diet primarily consists of various small invertebrates.

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1. Wood frog

   The wood frog has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the southern Appalachians to the boreal forest with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina. The wood frog has garnered attention by biologists over the last century because of its freeze tolerance, relatively great degree of terrestrialism, interesting habitat associations, and relatively long-range movements. The ecology and conservation of the wood frog has attracted a great deal of research attention in recent years. This may be because they are often considered "obligate" breeders in ephemeral wetlands that are themselves more imperiled than the species that breed in them. The wood frog is the state amphibian of New York. Similar to other northern frogs that hibernate close to the surface in soil and/or leaf litter, wood frogs can tolerate the freezing of their blood and other tissues. Urea is accumulated in tissues in preparation for overwintering, and liver glycogen is converted in large quantities to glucose in response to internal ice formation. Both urea and glucose act as "cryoprotectants" to limit the amount of ice that forms and to reduce osmotic shrinkage of cells. Frogs can survive many freeze/thaw events during winter if no more than about 65% of the total body water freezes.

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   The numerical value of wood frog in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of wood frog in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Frog
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