How does the southern leopard frog reproduce?
Southern leopard frogs breed in early spring. • Males use their paired vocal sacs to call for a mate. • After breeding, female leopard frogs lay clusters of several hundreds eggs that attach to the stems of underwater grasses. • The eggs hatch after several weeks, and tadpoles take about three months to begin transforming into adult leopard frogs. Other facts about the southern leopard frog: • The southern leopard frog is the most common and widespread frog in Maryland and Virginia, found mostly in the Coastal Plain and into the Piedmont region.
