Once a female has chosen a male, amplexus will begin. The egg masses float on the water surface or hang from emergent aquatic vegetation. Behavior Males establish breeding territories and maintain them throughout the breeding period. Males will usually call from selected areas within the territory while occasionally patrolling the parameter . Their advertisement call has been liked to the pluck of a loose banjo string.
Males attracting a mate give the advertisement call and high-intensity advertisement call.
Male frogs defending a territory from an intruding male usually give aggressive calls and growls. The release call is given by non-receptive females and by males accidentally grabbed by another male. Green frogs will overwinter in the water usually buried in the substrate. The green frog is very abundant throughout all of its range. References Harding, J. 1997.