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The Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa, meaning "precious frog") is a member of the frog family Ranidae of order Anura. It is a medium-sized aquatic frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest and historically well distributed in the Puget Trough/Willamette Valley province and the Cascade Mountains of south-central Washington and Oregon.
The Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) (meaning "precious frog") is a member of the true frogs from the family Ranidae. Oregon spotted frogs are found in British Columbia, Washington state and Oregon. They were previously found but have been extirpated in California. [33]
The Columbia spotted frog is a medium-sized frog reaching lengths of up to 3.5 in (90 mm). Its color ranges from a dark, olive green to light brown with irregularly shaped black spots on its back and legs (rendering its name). Its skin texture, like the rest of the genus, varies from a rough to a smooth texture, with small folds of skin along ...
7,071.70 acres (2,861.82 ha) [2] Established. 1964. (1964) Governing body. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Website. Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains at the base of 12,281-foot (3,743 m) Mount Adams in southern Washington state.
Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs. Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America. Many other genera were formerly included here. [1][2] These true frogs are usually largish species characterized by their ...
Dec. 25—The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded Oregon $13 million to benefit five Oregon projects intended to protect and conserve aquatic ecosystems and habitats around the state.
The Oregon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, [ 5 ][ 6 ] is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of downtown Portland. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River. [ 7 ] The 64-acre (26 ha) zoo is owned by the regional Metro government.
The foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) is a small-sized (3.72–8.2 cm or 1.46–3.23 in) frog [2] from the genus Rana in the family Ranidae.This species was historically found in the Coast Ranges from northern Oregon, through California, and into Baja California, Mexico as well as in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in California.