Brian Curry
What’s my name?
As The Times reports this morning, there’s a new frog in town, or at least a newly identified one: a variety of leopard frog first spotted on Staten Island in 2009 that has now been declared its own species, based in part on its unique one-cluck mating call.
The little clucker is so new to science it does not even have a name yet. Its main discoverer has been toying with the idea of calling it a New York leopard frog. But perhaps there is a better name lurking in your collective imaginations. (Our boss, Carolyn Ryan, for instance, suggests the ferry-hopper.)
In the comment box below, please leave your nominations for the name of this frog. Here are some data points to get you started.
- Geographic center of range is Yankee Stadium
- First noticed in New York City (Staten Island)
- Also found in the Great Swamp in New Jersey, Orange and Putnam Counties in New York, and central Connecticut
- Resembles the southern leopard frog
- Mating call a single cluck rather than a repetitive chuckle
Thanks!