Scientific name: Lithobates clamitans

Listen when you are near permanent wetlands at night and you just might hear the call of the Green Frog, which is popularly compared to the sound of a loose banjo string. The call of the male Green Frog during their breeding season in late spring and early summer has earned this species its scientific name. While Litho is derived for the Greek word for “stone” and bates means “one who walks or haunts”, clamitans is the Latin word for “loud calling”.