In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, elevation, and terrain.
A fundamental classification of biomes:
*Terrestrial (or land-based) biomes
* Aquatic biomes which are broken down in two groups; freshwater and marine biomes.
Spring peeper frogs are amphibians, and the word "amphibian" comes from Greek words meaning "double life." This refers to the fact that during a frog's life, it lives both in freshwater and on land. Their biomes are essentially land-based, but they are found around wet areas; in temporary and permanent ponds, marshes, floodings, and ditches where they breed and leave their eggs. After the breeding season they move into woodlands, old fields or shrubby areas where they spend their adult life.
There is the Northern Spring Peeper and the Southern Spring Peeper: The northern peeper can be found all over the eastern USA and eastern Canada. The southern peeper is limited to northern Florida and southern Georgia.
The loud, peeping chorus of Spring Peepers means winter is finally coming to an end. These little frogs are among the very first to call and breed in the spring, often starting while there is still snow on the ground and ice on the lakes.
Below; the first website has a RealAudio sound sample of the spring peeper. Hopefully you can get it. I can remember as a child opening my window at night as winter turned to spring and falling asleep to the choruses of the spring peepers. One of my favorite symphonys of nature.
2006-12-31 06:12:46
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answered by Country Hick 5
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The biome of the spring peeper is a forest pond and its surroundings. The tadpoles must live in water, of course, and the mature frogs often live in logs on in the bark of trees, which is only available in forested areas.
2006-12-30 20:08:44
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answered by DavidK93 7
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