Garden frog
Rana temporaria
Did you know? The colour of frogs’ skin varies – in spring, males may have a bluish throat, while females can take on a pinkish/red tinge.
Diet Adults eat slugs, snails, beetles, worms, spiders, caterpillars, flies and other insects. Young tadpoles feed on algae and unhatched frogspawn.
Frogs overwinter in a sheltered spot or in the silt at the bottom of a pond. Submerged frogs breathe through their skin. When the night-time temperature reaches 5°C they come out of hibernation and head for their breeding pond, travelling at night. A female can lay more than
