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Nature Notebook

The Nature Notebook is a guide to the animals, plants and other natural phenomena that you will find in Southwestern Indiana.

We are currently featuring "Frog Calls," an evolving webumentary sponsored by the Chicago Herpetological Society and produced by Ravenswood Media.

Click on the links below to see and hear these frogs!


Bird-voice Treefrog (Hyla avivoca) (play video)

Bullfrog (Rana catesbiana) (play video)

Eastern Narrow-mouthed frog (play video)

Fowler's Toad (Bufo fowleri) (play video)

Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) (play video)

Green Frog (Rana clamitans) (play video)

Green Treefrog (Hyla cinera) (play video)

Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) (play video)

Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) (play video)

Pine Woods Treefrog (Hyla femoralis) (play video)

S. Leopard Frog (R. sphenocephala) (play video)

Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) (play video)

Toad (Bufo americanus) (play video)

Western Chorus Frog (Pseud. triseriata) (play video)

Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) (play video)