1. Maryland’s Frogs Need Help!!!
Jessica M.

2. Why Frogs Are Important
We can get new medicines from frogs that can save lives!
Frogs are bio-indicators, if they are around you can tell how well the environment is faring.
Frogs are an important part of the food chain: They eat animals and animals eat them.
This is a yellow poisonous dart frog. Their poisonous skin secretions can be used for medicine which may be able to be used to prevent heart attacks.

3. What Harms Them Climate change can affect their habitat.
Pollution makes their natural habitat unfit for them, and they can absorb harmful substances into their skin.
UV radiation can damage their sensitive skin
Fungal skin infections can be fatal to frogs
Overactive predators eat too many frogs, in fact humans are overharvesting and eating frogs!
Parasites are causing frogs to become ill.
Northern Green Frog found in Maryland.

4. How We Can Help!
As you can probably tell, frogs really need our help to make a recovery. Here’s how you can help:
Leave them in their habitat
Don’t litter or pollute
Report Maryland frog sighting to MARA, keep track of them
Dispose properly of household chemicals
Create/preserve their habitats
TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP!!!
This woman and her group are recording frogs they sight and preserving their habitats! 

5. Sighting Reports
I have some recent and past data of frog sightings in our local Cove Point Park. I have arranged them into a timeline for you to see how scarcely they have been reported, you need to see they need help!

6. Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)
The only reporting of the common wood frog in Cove Point Park was in 1940!!! The wood frog was not found in the most recent survey of the park, if it is present in Cove Point Park, it is an uncommon to rare species.
1940
Mansueti

7. Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Spring Peeper calls are commonly heard in Cove Point. They have been only been reported with sightings twice, however.
1942
1999
Mansueti
Orr

8. Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
This species is a small, rarely encountered species that has not been heard previously in Cove Point Park. Their calls have been heard locally more recently, but not often sighted.
1999
Orr

9. Pickrel Frog (Rana palustris)
The Pickrel Frog is common at Cove Point Park. It is often found near marshes and draining streams.
1947
1999
Cooper
Orr

10. Southern Leopard Frog (Rana utricularia)
The Southern Leopard Frog is abundant at Cove Point. They can be observed in wet, grassy areas or bodies of water.
1942
1947
1950
1999
Mansueti
Cooper
Cooper
Orr

11. Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
It is a relatively common species at Cove Point, can often be heard on rainy evenings. They can change from gray to green at any given point.
1936
1962
1970
1999
Hassler and Noble
Mansuetti and Hardy
Zweifel
Orr

12. Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
This is a burrowing species, it makes it’s home underground.
1947
1956
Cooper
Reed

13. Fowler’s Toad (Bufo woodhousii)
This is a commonly heard species at Cove Point, not often reported.
1942
1999
Mansueti
Orr

14. Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Typically found around marsh-y areas, they are abundant at Cove Point.
1936
1942
1999
Noble Mansueti Orr
and
Hassler

15. Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
Common at Cove Point, typically found around streams.
1936
1942
1947
1950
1999
Noble Cooper Cooper Mansueti Orr
And
Hassler

16. American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Bullfrogs can be heard from marshes and ponds. They can grow to be EXTREMELY large and are common at Cove Point.
Noble &
Hassler Mansueti Cooper Cooper Orr

17. Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Can be often seen in Cove Point, particularly on rainy days. While they are still abundant today, they are clearly not as common as they previously were.
Noble & Hassler Mansueti Cooper