Leopard frog hibernation and burrowing

[whatscroakin]

Have you gone through the substrate to see if they burrowed underneath? If they appear to be sleeping, best not to touch them. They may be hibernating.

[damorh74]

Have you gone through the substrate to see if they burrowed underneath? If they appear to be sleeping, best not to touch them. They may be hibernating.

I havent done that yet...was hoping to learn more about the likelihood of that being what happened before I dig through all the substrate and uproot everything. I just didn’t think hibernation at 60+ degrees was a possibility. If I do have to do that, how deep do they typically burrow?

Thanks for the reply.

[whatscroakin]

Actually, aquatic frogs such as the leopard frog usually spend hibernation at the bottom of a lake/pond, so if your leopard frogs WERE hibernating, you would see them at the bottom of the water, not buried in the substrate. Now that I've done further research, your frogs will probably not be hibernating at over 60+ degrees. You should safely be able to go through the substrate without disturbing any hibernating frogs. Leopard frogs don't typically have a certain burrowing level, so just go through all the substrate (with gloves, you don't want to harm the frogs skin)

Not many people own leopard frogs, so there isn't much information on them I could find. Sorry about my earlier post, I don't have much experience with leopard frogs.