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The Mink Frog is found in cold waters of the Algonquin Highlands, where vegetation is abundant, by sluggish rivers, along marshy shorelines, and in swamps and bogs, but are especially partial to water lilies. They grow to 5-8 cm in length, with uniformly olive to brown colouration, and may have dark spots or mottling on its sides and hind legs. Their mouth is bright green.
Its pungent, musky, mink-like odor is the reason for its name. A low-pitched, metallic croak, sounds from a distance like the staccato sound of someone hammering. Males call while floating or seated on lily pads.
Breeding occurs June to August. Egg masses are laid in loose clusters and are attached to submerged vegetation. Tadpoles spend the winter in the water, and transform in June or July of the following year.
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MINK FROG
(Family Ranidae)
Rana septentrionalis
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