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Mabel Kuehr-McLaren 10/16/2001 Report for Mrs. Owens' Apex Elementary Zoology AG class A full grown Gopher Frog is 2.5 to 3.5 inches. There are two different kinds of Gopher Frogs, Carolina and Florida. There Latin names are Rana Capito. There are two Florida Subspecies (asposes and sevova) and one Carolina subspecies (Capito). A male has warts on his upper lip, arm pits and groin. Both male and female have smooth, slightly warty backs. Gopher Frogs are nocturnal and search for their prey at night. The gopher frog sounds exactly like someone snoring (like my Papa). Carolina Gopher Frog Florida Gopher Frog Link to Larger picture of Florida Gopher Frog Gopher Frog tadpoles are in the tadpole stage for 85 to 100 days (about three months). The tadpoles are 1 1/4 inches on an average. They have transparent fins with dark spots on random places. Gopher Frog Tadpole Gopher Frogs share anatomy with other frogs. See the frog anatomy page for a picture of what frogs look like on the inside. Gopher Frogs used to be spread from North Carolina to Florida and a few counties in Louisiana. Now they are only found in Florida and one county in Georgia.
Gopher frogs live in marshlands and moist meadows. Gopher Turtles borrow nests under ground, Gopher Frogs live in the vacant holes of the Gopher turtles. Thus, giving them their name. Gopher Turtle Gopher Turtle Burrow where Gopher Frogs also live
The Gopher Frog is not on the Federal Endangered Species List run by the US Fish And Wildlife Service, but is listed on the concerned species list. The Gopher Frog is listed as a species of special concern by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Gopher Frog is endangered partly from loss of habitat. If we really want to save the Gopher Frog we will also have to notice that the Gopher Turtle is a species of special concern. The Gopher Turtle supplies the home of the Gopher Frog. We really need to protect the marshlands of the Gopher Turtles and the Gopher Frogs because they are codependent.
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