Northland Nature: Breeding time for gray tree frogs

Northland Nature: Breeding time for gray tree frogs

Northeastern Minnesota is the home of a low number of reptiles and amphibians (herps). Among reptiles, two kinds of snakes are common: garter and red-bellied, with a third one, the ring-necked snake, in a limited population. Turtles again are represented by two species: painted turtles, the most abundant, and snapping turtles, common, but not as much as painted turtles. (Perhaps some wood turtles are present, too.) No kinds of lizards live here,…