{"id":14896,"date":"2014-04-13T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=14896"},"modified":"2014-04-12T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T22:37:49","slug":"ranid-life-cycles-pocono-frog-pond-widespread-frogspawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2014\/04\/13\/ranid-life-cycles-pocono-frog-pond-widespread-frogspawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranid Life Cycles – Pocono Frog Pond – Widespread Frogspawn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frogspawn \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frogs\u00a0are a diverse and largely\u00a0carnivorous\u00a0group of short-bodied, tailless\u00a0amphibians\u00a0composing the\u00a0order\u00a0Anura\u00a0(Ancient Greek\u00a0an-,\u00a0without +\u00a0oura, tail). The\u00a0oldest fossil “proto-frog”\u00a0appeared in the\u00a0early Triassic\u00a0of Madagascar, but\u00a0molecular clock dating\u00a0suggests their origins may extend further back to the\u00a0Permian, 265 million years ago.\u00a0<\/em>– Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dead frog that didn’t survive the winter \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frogspawn \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frogs’ embryos are typically surrounded by several layers of gelatinous material. When several eggs are clumped together, they are collectively known as\u00a0frogspawn. The jelly provides support and protection while allowing the passage of oxygen,carbon dioxide\u00a0and ammonia. It absorbs moisture and swells on contact with water. After fertilization, the innermost portion liquifies to allow free movement of the developing embryo. In certain species, such as the\u00a0Northern red-legged frog\u00a0(Rana aurora) and the\u00a0wood frog\u00a0(Rana sylvatica),\u00a0symbiotic\u00a0unicellular green algae are present in the gelatinous material. It is thought that these may benefit the developing larvae by providing them with extra oxygen through\u00a0photosynthesis.<\/em> – Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a9 Wikipedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frogs\u00a0are a diverse and largely\u00a0carnivorous\u00a0group of short-bodied, tailless\u00a0amphibians\u00a0composing the\u00a0order\u00a0Anura\u00a0(Ancient Greek\u00a0an-,\u00a0without +\u00a0oura, tail). The\u00a0oldest fossil “proto-frog”\u00a0appeared in the\u00a0early Triassic\u00a0of Madagascar, but\u00a0molecular clock dating\u00a0suggests their origins may extend further back to the\u00a0Permian, 265 million years ago.\u00a0– Wikipedia Frogs’ embryos are typically surrounded by several layers of gelatinous material. When several eggs are clumped together, they are collectively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2372,1350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frogs","category-science-education"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pXBbJ-3Sg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14899,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14896\/revisions\/14899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}