Being that the Blackwater Watershed receives some of the coldest temperatures in West Virginia, you might not expect to see too many frogs around. These temperatures are no match, however, for the wood frog! Wood frogs have the extraordinary ability to survive freezing! Their skin contains “cryoprotectants”, basically a natural antifreeze. Due to this, these are the only frogs that can be found north of the Arctic Circle. They can easily be identified by their raccoon-masked face and brown to red color. This species is much more terrestrial (land-dwelling) than its close relatives such as the bullfrog and green frog. They are very widespread, with a range extending from Georgia to north of the Arctic Circle, west to Alaska!