Gopher Frog

Lithobates capito

The Gopher Frog is a stocky, warty frog that shelters in gopher tortoise burrows. It breeds explosively in ephemeral ponds during heavy winter rains. A threatened species dependent on the critically endangered longleaf pine ecosystem.

Habitat

Longleaf pine flatwoods with gopher tortoise burrows and nearby seasonal ponds

Diet

Insects, spiders, and other invertebrates

How common

Rare

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