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Mink Frog

Posted by Clare Jenkins,
North Country explorer from Colton, New York
July 27, 2013 —

As our group walked by a large puddle covering the trail, frogs started jumping into the water. The mink frog has an irregular spot pattern, and a spot on the side of its head, called a tympanum.