These eggs will float on the surface in a jelly-like membrane. The green frog takes one year to reach maturity. The tadpoles will develop into frogs during the winter at the bottom of a river under silt or decaying plant matter. Their diet consists of a variety of insects, snails, and even spring peepers. The Pickerel frog is found throughout Nova Scotia and closely resembles the Leopard frog.
Pickerel frogs have rows of irregular rectangular brown spots on their back.
These spots usually number between 7 and 20. They are yellow-brown with an underside that changes to an orange colour as the frogs age. They range in size from 2.5 cm to 3 cm for the young and 5 cm to 8 cm for the adults. They tend to be found in vegetated aquatic environments. May. The females will produce approximately 1,000 eggs and, while the eggs are encased in the same jelly-like substance as those of other frogs, Pickerel frogs attach the mass to plants about 10 cm below the surface.