They require permanent bodies of water to lay egs and water is essential because a frog's skin is more porous than a toad's and dries out quickly. They have relatively smoth skins and long legs. Their body shape is much slimmer than toads. They are also voracious insect-eaters, including isquitoes and mosquito larvae in water. . In addition to common airborne insects, they also eat ants, beetles, sowbugs, slugs, armyworms, wireworms and even gypsy moths.
Toads live mostly on land, but require pools for breeding in the spring.
All are extremely sensitive to pesticides. Watch for this next year. In the meantime, we do schedule groups of people for various nature walks in the park. This doesn't work for those who are not home or do not work nearby, but all markets cannot be on Sat. There are MANY websites about frogs, etc.