3.3K views · 69 reactions | Spring peepers are tiny but iconic! Their signature look? A dark ‘X’ marking on their back. ✨#funfactfriday | NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher | Facebook

We've been enjoying the melodious chorus of spring peepers! In spring, they’re one of the first species to start calling, with males emitting a high-pitched "peep" at one-second intervals. Breeding season begins in February and lasts until June. Males call from the water’s edge, where females can lay up to 900 eggs, which are fertilized as they’re laid. The eggs are attached to dead leaves or sticks and hatch within 3 to 14 days, depending on water temperature. The tadpoles undergo metamorphosis

How do you define the term "spring peeper" 🐸? 1⃣ Any frog I hear in the spring 2⃣ Anything peeping in the spring 3⃣ Pseudacris crucifer 4⃣ Any frog, I am chaotic and possibly evil 5⃣ Stop it, I live in the west 🎥 Megan Seymour/USFWS. A spring peeper's vocal sac inflates as it makes several short "peep" calls. | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

13K views · 296 reactions | Hear that?! It's a sweet chorus of spring...

Have you heard them? That deafening high pitch sound is unmistakable. Spring Peepers are tiny frogs just 1" in length and every spring they congregate in wetland areas where the males will belt out a continuous song. A Peeper’s diet consists of ants, flies, spiders, and beetles. While they are excellent climbers with large toe pads for the job, they typically spend most of their time on the forest floor. If they hear a human or animal approach they will all go silent simultaneously until they fe