Lithobates clamitans belong to the species of frogs. They are commonly known as Green frogs and usually belong to the Eastern half of Canada and the United States. The other subspecies of the green frog are the northern green frog and Bronze Frog Rana Clamitans. Anatomy Pacific Tree Frog Green frogs are usually mid-sized. Their length varies…
Scientific Classification A leopard frog (at times known as a meadow frog) may fall under any of the14 varieties of frogs included in the real genus of frogs in the family Ranidae and the leopard frog Rana (genus Rana) are generally green in color, with conspicuous black spots, which at times resemble the pattern of a leopard. They are differentiated by their allocation and…
Lithobates Sylvaticus, usually known as the Wood frog, is a native of North America. You can see them from the southern Appalachians to the boreal forest and Eastern North Carolina. These frogs have an amazing freeze tolerance ability and spend their maximum life on land. Their interesting habitat includes uplands, vernal pools, and peat bogs. This species is considered an…
Tree frogs spend the most part of their life in trees, a situation referred to as the arboreal state. Many divisions of the Neobatrachia contribute to different types of tree frogs, although no close link exists between them. The Neobatrachia is a suborder of the Anura, under the order of frogs and toads This suborder is the…
The Cuban tree frog, scientifically known as frog Osteopilus Septentrionalis, is an amphibian inhabiting the regions of the Caribbean of the Western Hemisphere. In North America, this is the biggest tree frog. Because it is a Voracious eater and has the capability to prosper along with human beings. It has become a species that, to a…
The American bullfrog scientifically called Lithobates Catesbeianus, is generally known in the United States and Canada by the name bullfrog. This is a marine frog, associated with the Ranidae family or “real frogs”. This variety is customarily grouped as Frog Rana Catesbeiana, nevertheless, on account of paraphyly( where one group of organism separates from other groups at a particular point…
Most of you are surely acquainted with the Venus Flytrap, biological name Dionaea Muscipula and its amazing carnivorous, feeding habits, but how many of you are familiar with other hunting carnivores plants? Meet the Utricularia or the Bladderwort plant that has a trap working at almost 100 times the speed of a Venus Flytrap. The interesting facts…
The species Catopsis belongs to the family Bromeliaceae and the Tillandsioideaev subfamily. The name derives from “kata” the Greek word for “hanging down” combined with “opsis” or “appearance”. You can find varieties of Catopsis from Florida, running parts of Brazil in the East, as well as the Caribbean. Kingdom Plantae (Plants) (Unranked) Angiosperms (Unranked) Monocots (Unranked) Commelinids Order…
Tropical pitcher plants, popular name monkey cups, fit in the Nepenthes carnivorous plants species having pitfall traps. They include a verified list of 130 prevalent varieties in China, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Madagascar, Australia, India, Seychelles, Borneo, and Sumatra. They derive the name “monkey cups” due that you can often see monkeys drinking rainwater from them. Kingdom Plantae…
Drosera, usually famous as the sundews, encompasses one of the biggest varieties of carnivorous plants, having over 194 species. The members of the Droseraceae family attract, arrest, and absorb insects through stalked mucilaginous glands spread over the surface of their leaves. The insects go to enrich the meager mineral nutrition of the soil wherein they grow….
Pinguicula carnivorous plants, more popularly known as the butterworts, are a species of carnivorous plants that employ their sticky, glandular leaves to entice, trap, and absorb insects to compensate for the meager mineral nutrition they get from the environments. At present, it has eighty known species. Of these, twelve belong to Europe, nine to North America,…
The genre Heliamphora carnivorous plants have 23 varieties of pitcher plants that are widespread in South America. Everyone knows the species group as “sun pitchers,” because of the misguided opinion that the Heli of Heliamphora derives from the Greek Helios, meaning “sun”. Actually, the name is a derivative of helos, meaning marsh. Therefore, a more precise translation of their scientific…