Activity occurs both day and night, with individuals often being found basking at the water's edge during the day. Green frogs generally exhibit one of two feeding strategies. They will either sit and wait for prey items to come within ambushing distance or slowly stalk potential prey, eventually capturing it with a quick lunge. Documented food items include beetles, flies, grasshoppers, dragonflies, caterpillars, spiders, snails, and smaller frogs. Reproduction Mating begins in late April or early May and can continue into the early part of August.
Males are extremely territorial and attract females by calling from such a territory.
The eggs are laid in a floating sheet that's usually one egg layer in thickness. Eggs generally hatch within 3 to 5 days, depending upon the temperature, with warmer temeratures resulting in shorter incubation periods. Tadpoles resulting from clutches laid later in the season may over-winter before transforming, hence the extreme variation in transformation time stated above. Range Rana clamitans can be found troughout most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. The bronze frog, Rana clamitans clamitans , is restricted to the most souther portion of this range, whereas the green frog, Rana clamitans melanota , occupies the range from the northern reaches of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina northward into Canada.