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[frogluver]

Howdy,
My name is Autumn and I have a passion for frogs. Currently, I have 1 Australian White’s Tree frog and 6 Wood frogs. I have always been searching for websites that offer a great way to learn and provide information about frogs. I guess I found my answer when I came across this forum the other day!

Here’s a bit about me: When I first came to the state of Alaska twelve years ago, I didn't have any particular interest in frogs. This was because I had not seen one in real life. However, one day when I was walking in my big backyard, which seemed enormous as I was 8 years old at the time, I saw something move in the grass. In my curiosity, I bent down to get a closer look and saw a little, gleaming female Wood frog ready to jump. I reached out my hands to grab it, but lost it as it hopped away to safety in the bushes.
Since then, I have become fascinated with frogs and have read anything and everything that I could get my hands on about these amphibians. Soon however, I tiered of just reading about them and decided to go a step further by capturing four Wood frogs to observe their behavior and feeding habits. Of the four frogs I captured, the only juvenile I had, began to chorus after seven months of capture. This was unusual as Wood frogs never chorus outside of the breeding season. This sparked my curiosity and prompted me to join the Alaskan Wood Frog Monitoring Program, where I learned more about these specie’s vocalization habits. Here I helped scientists gather more information about the secretive Wood frog by listening and recording information about their chorusing. After several years of volunteering in this program and observing the four Wood frogs I captured, which all eventually passed away L , I became interested in conducting a research study of my own: I wanted to see if Wood frogs actually vocalized outside of the breeding season. So recently, I acquired a Fish&Game permit, captured 3 adult males and 3 juveniles, and am now ready to try and induce vocalizations in Wood frogs outside of their breeding season.

Once I graduate from high school, I plan to go to college and a degree in Batrachology (the study of frogs) or amphibian pathology. But for now, I am going to continue to learn as much as I can about these fascinating creatures!

Anyways, that’s enough about me, let’s get back to froggn’…….

[John]

Hi Autumn, welcome to the site. That's a fantastic introduction. I wish you the best with your experiments and your future studies!

[frogluver]

Thanks !!

[DonLisk]

Welcome and we would love to hear more about your studies and hope you enjoy the forum.