wood frog
noun
: a common North American frog (Rana sylvatica) that inhabits chiefly moist woodlands and is dark brown, yellowish-brown, or pink with a black stripe on each side of the head
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Unlike most animals, which would suffer fatal damage from ice crystals, the wood frog has evolved specialized mechanisms to withstand and even thrive in such extreme conditions.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
During freezing, the wood frog's body temperature drops to match that of its environment, often reaching well below the freezing point of water.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Tessier has studied North American wood frogs that are able to freeze without dying and bears that hibernate for the winter.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
Barnes’ lab tests, performed on Alaska wood frogs, showed the same thing: 10 degrees is just too cold for a wood frog.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
As a wood frog’s body freezes, its liver converts glycogen to sugary glucose.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
Wisconsin has eleven species of frogs: American bullfrog, Blanchard's cricket frog, boreal chorus frog, Cope's gray treefrog, gray treefrog, green frog, mink frog, northern leopard frog, pickerel frog, spring peeper and wood frog; as well as one toad, the American toad.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
A false spring—climate change threatens wood frog offspring.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
According to Calsbeek, the frog chorus has a major influence over whether or not a male wood frog finds a mate.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2022
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
During freezing, the wood frog's body temperature drops to match that of its environment, often reaching well below the freezing point of water.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Tessier has studied North American wood frogs that are able to freeze without dying and bears that hibernate for the winter.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
Barnes’ lab tests, performed on Alaska wood frogs, showed the same thing: 10 degrees is just too cold for a wood frog.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
As a wood frog’s body freezes, its liver converts glycogen to sugary glucose.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
Wisconsin has eleven species of frogs: American bullfrog, Blanchard's cricket frog, boreal chorus frog, Cope's gray treefrog, gray treefrog, green frog, mink frog, northern leopard frog, pickerel frog, spring peeper and wood frog; as well as one toad, the American toad.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
A false spring—climate change threatens wood frog offspring.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
According to Calsbeek, the frog chorus has a major influence over whether or not a male wood frog finds a mate.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2022
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“Wood frog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wood%20frog. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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