Frozen Alive ! C hecklist: Frogs that Freeze Did you ever say that you were freezing on a cold winter day? You are not freezing, just cold. The freezing point of water is 32-degrees F (or 0-degrees C). Your Wood Frog shivering generates heat and that helps to keep your temperature stable. While you do not freeze, some animals do. Several species of frogs hibernate just under leaf litter or rotting logs, above the frost line. These frogs are Gray Tree Frog able to survive episodes of freezing. Their bodies amphibian best known for actually freeze. They are freezing is the Wood Frog. Once frozen, the frog doesn't breathe, freeze tolerant. The Northern Spring Peeper Western Chorus Frog and its heart doesn't beat. When spring arrives, it defrosts and heads off to find a mate. Frozen Reptiles Eastern Box Turtle 50 Midland Painted Turtle Pennsylvania Angler & Boater * January/February 2014 While all other Pennsylvania turtles hibernate underwater, the Eastern Box Turtle digs a shallow burrow in the ground. It is the largest known freeze tolerant reptile. Painted turtles are freeze tolerant but only as hatchlings. After hatching, painted turtle babies remain in their underground nest during the winter. Most Pennsylvania turtles emerge from their nests in time to head to the water to hibernate. PFBC Facebook: PaFishandBoat www.fishandboat.comhttp://www.fishandboat.com