Northern Green Frog Slimy skin question

[UncleChester]

I'm showing my general frog ignorance here, but what makes the skin of a green frog slimy?

I had always thought it was a secretion from the skin, but was recently shown a picture of a green frog (sorry, it's not on the web) and the photographer believed the frog was spreading goop from it's mouth to all over it's body. The picture reminded me of a Grey Treefrog shedding and eating it's skin, but he thought the goop was coming from the mouth, not going in.

So a second related question, do Green Frogs shed like Greys?

Thanks in advance!

[John]

They do shed. As for spreading goop, I don't think so - some tropical tree frogs do that but not temperate frogs, that I know of.

[Kurt]

I will second what John said The only frogs that I know secret anything to apply to their skin are frogs of the genus Phyllomedusa and Litoria caerulea. In both cases a waxy secretion is applied to the skin to prevent desiccation.

[UncleChester]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it!

Hope your move went well John and hope your hand is healing well Kurt! The expert tag-team response time has been lagging with your off-forum activities and injuries. So please think of us ignorant types who need you before you go and move or cripple yourselves again

[Kurt]

Cute. You're welcome.