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What is up with this !!!!ing!! weather?
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by SnakeEyes2006 on March 17, 2007
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ok last week it was like 80 degrees and I found Fence Lizards and Wood Frogs, then it rained for 2 days and started getting colder, now it is below 32 degrees and there is snow on the ground! Man the poor reps are probally thinking "What the heck is up with this?" I want warm herping weather!!!! Anybody else having better luck than we are here in the East Coast? Shawn
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by silver_ingots on March 17, 2007
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I think the weather has been weird all over though maybe not to your extreme.
Something that worries me is that I lived out in the boondocks for a couple years (HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE) and one year the weather got warm enough in the Spring that the frogs were out calling, LOUDLY, DEAFENINGLY, and presumable mating and then it got cold again and everything froze for quite a while. After that I didn't hear any frogs calling. And the following string there was no calling. To go from a ROARING calling to nothing at all was quite a shock to me.
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by SnakeEyes2006 on March 18, 2007
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I know, I have seen lots Wood Frogs, and Leopard Frogs out last week, and even caught a Spring Peeper, and have counted 20 Spotted Salamanders, but not there is snow on the ground, and it is 28 degrees, I hope this does not kill off all the frogs, salamanders, I hope it warms up and We all can see some snake action... Shawn
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by earthguy on March 19, 2007
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No worries. The weather in the Southeast has done this for centuries (at least as long as we've recorded the weather), and the frogs and other herps have been just fine. I've even heard a lone Pseudacris crucifer (spring peeper) calling on cold nights in Jan & Feb. Many such species have 'antifreeze' proteins in their bodies.
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