Description
This species is a mid-sized true frog. Adult green frogs range from 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) in body length (snout to vent, excluding the hindlegs). The typical body weight of this species is from 28 to 85 g (0.99 to 3.0 oz). The sexes are sexually dimorphic in a few ways. Firstly, mature females are typically larger than famles. Another way in which they differ is that males have a tympanum twice the diameter of the eye and a bright yellow throat. In females, the tympanum diameter is about the same as that of the eye. Dorsolateral ridges, prominent, seam-like skin folds that run down the sides of the back, distinguish the green frog from the bullfrog, which entirely lacks them.
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