“To jump on the water surface, you have to have your legs retracted and ready to push down again by the time you’re ...

Cricket frogs were once thought to hop on the water’s surface. They actually leap in and out of the water in a form of locomotion called porpoising.

back into the water Recovery, resetting for the next jump In a little more than a single second, the frog would take off while completely submerged, extending its feet in an underwater push to ...

The cricket frogs' jump cycle includes: Takeoff, from a submerged position Aerial, or time in the air following a jump Re-entry, back into the water Recovery, resetting for the next jump ...

“Skittering is not actually a well-defined word for this behavior – one naturalist used it to describe a ‘jumping on water’ behavior in frogs in 1949, and since then, it’s been used for ...

The individual sounds to identify are: ball bouncing; ball splashing in water; frog jumping and swimming in the water; 'ribbet' sounds; croaking. Once upon a watery time… If possible have a frog ...