Northern Leopard Frog
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Also know as the meadow frog.
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Species code: RAPI ...
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Description: 3" to over 4" snout-vent length. Color green, brown, or gray, usually with conspicuous round or oval black spots. Dorsolateral folds prominent and unbroken, usually lighter color.
Northern Leopard Frog
Scientific Name: Lithobates pipiens
Size: 2-5 inches (5-13 cm) in length
PA Status: Species of special concern ...
Northern Leopard Frog Species Profile
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Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pipiens
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Status Northern leopard frogs have no status in Minnesota. Description ...
Northern Leopard Frog Behaviour
No observations regarding Northern Leopard Frog behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Northern Leopard Frogs ...
Northern leopard frogs are usually green, but they may also be brown or grey, with an unmarked milky-white underside. The spots are round or oval in outline with distinct light borders, much as those of a leopard are.
Northern Leopard Frog Range
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Type: Amphibian Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 2 to 4 years Size: 3 to 5 in (7.6 to 12.7 cm) Group name: Army Protection status: Threatened Did you know?
Range map for Northern leopard frogs.
Breeding habitat: Marshes, wetlands, and fishless ponds.
Summer habitat: A frog frequently found in grasslands, wet meadows, and forest edges. During the summer they may travel one to two miles from water.
Northern Leopard Frogs are from 2 to 3.5 inches long (5.1 to 9 cm). Their body color is green or brown on which are scattered two or three rows of irregularly placed dark rounded spots with light borders.
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
DESCRIPTION: The familiar "meadow frog" with dark round spots on a background of green, greenish brown or brown. Legs may have dark spots or bars. A dark spot is seen above each eye and on the snout.
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Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates pipiens
Statewide except Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket Counties. Due to the widespread release of leopard frogs from extra-limital sources, their original distribution and native status is uncertain.
Northern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens. This is a relatively common frog in the Illinois and Wisconsin counties. Areas with dense herbaceous vegatation near marshes provide the best habitat, usually within former landscape-level savanna regions.
Northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens
Adults average 2 to 3½ inches in length (Conant and Collins). Dorsolateral folds run down the back all the way to the groin.
Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pipiens
Description: Slender greenish to brownish frog with dark spots which are usually edged with a lighter color. It has a light stripe along its upper jaw and tends to grow to be a little over 3 inches in length.
Northern Leopard Frogs are brown to green frogs with three rows of irregularly arranged black spots located on the dorsal surface. These spots are most usually outlined in a whitish, cream colored border.
Northern Leopard Frog
(Rana pipiens)
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
(Rana berlandieri) ...
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
Leopard frogs are rare in Rhode Island and throughout the region (Klemens 1993).
Lithobates pipiens
Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Southern Leopard Frog ...
Ranidae - True Frogs Bullfrog Pig Frog Green Frog Wood Frog Carpenter Frog Southern Leopard Frog Northern Leopard Frog Pickerel Frog River Frog Hylidae - Treefrogs and Allies Green Treefrog Pine Barrens Treefrog Squirrel Treefrog Pinewoods ...
The pickerel frog is sometimes confused with the rare northern leopard frog, a species of special concern in Connecticut. The leopard frog, however, lacks the bright yellow coloration on the ventral side of the hind legs.
The Southern Leopard Frog is quite similar to the Northern Leopard Frog. They display an unbroken dorsolateral ridge like the Northern Leopard Frog.
Frogs and toads on exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo include the grey tree frog, American toad, northern leopard frog, and wood frog.
n addition, the Southern Leopard Frog usually has less side markings and the spots are smaller. Their head is more pointed than the Northern Leopard Frog.
Boreal Western Toad - Bufo boreas
Plains Spadefoot - Spea bombifrons
Dakota Toad - Bufo hemiophrys
Great Plains Toad - Bufo cognatus
Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica
Spotted Frog - Rana luteiventris
Northern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens ...
 See also: Leopard, Leopard Frog, Toad, Reptile, Salamander
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