Table 1. Summary of data from 5
sites and 3 schools
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School |
County |
Date of
Survey |
Wetland
Type |
No.
Frogs and Toads |
No.
Deformed (%) |
No.
Species |
Species
Present1 |
Species
Deformed |
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MTU (SYP) |
Houghton |
4 Aug |
Pond |
16 |
1 (6.2) |
4 |
GF, MF, SP, NLF |
NLF |
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Houghton |
3 Aug |
Lake |
111 |
2 ( 1.8) |
1 |
GF |
GF |
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North Central Area Schools |
Menominee |
31 Aug |
Vernal Pond |
19 |
0 (0) |
6 |
BF, MF, GF, NLF, WF, AT |
none |
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Heather Luouto, teacher* |
Houghton |
19 July |
Lake |
52 |
2 (3.8) |
2 |
GF, MF |
GF |
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Ontonagon |
18 July |
" |
12 |
0 (0) |
2 |
GF, MF |
none |
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Hancock Middle School |
Houghton |
9 Sept |
Creek |
20 |
0(0) |
3 |
SP, WF, AT |
none |
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“ |
“ |
Irrigation Ditch |
22 |
7(31.8) |
2 |
NLF, GF |
NLF |
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“ |
13 Sept |
Creek |
37 |
0(0) |
2 |
SP, WF |
none |
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“ |
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Irrigation Ditch |
17 |
3(17.6) |
2 |
NLF, GF |
NLF |
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John Rosemurgy,** teacher |
Houghton |
17 Aug |
Pond Man made |
20 |
1(5) |
1 |
NLF |
NLF |
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1 Species codes: Green Frog = GF; Mink
Frog = MF; Spring Peeper = SP; Gray Tree Frog = GTF, Northern Leopard Frog =
NLF;
Wood
Frog = WF; Pickerel Frog = PF; Bull Frog = BF; American Toad = AT.
*Engadine Consolidated Schools
**Washington Middle School, Calumet
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Sampling Period1 |
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Species |
No. Sampled |
No. Deformed (%) |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
Types of Deformities |
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American Toad |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
none |
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Spring Peeper |
44 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
43 |
none |
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Gray Treefrog |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
none |
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Green Frog |
198 |
4 (0.02) |
0 |
186 |
12 |
1 sagging jaw 1 missing entire hind
calf 1 missing entire hind
limb 1 missing hind digits |
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Bull Frog |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
None |
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Northern Leopard Frog |
54 |
12 (32.3) |
0 |
8 |
27 |
1 missing hind foot 5 poorly developed hind
legs 2 tissue connecting hind
leg to body 3 deformed hind legs 1 extra hind limb
(atrophied) |
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Pickerel Frog |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
none |
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Mink Frog |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
none |
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Wood Frog |
14 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
none |
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Total all species |
326 |
16
(0.05) |
0 |
211 |
96 |
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1 Spring: 1 May– 15 June; Summer: 16
June – 31 August; Fall: 1 September – October 15.