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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]
Its purpose is to "protect and enhance river health and provide habitat to important local and migratory wildlife." [5] A prime example of a wildlife species benefiting from this channel is the Oregon spotted frog, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. [6]
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 HCP would protect habitat for 17 imperiled species including northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, salmon and steelhead, martens, red tree voles, torrent salamanders, among others ...
After the discovery of the Oregon spotted frog in the watershed of the Black River in Thurston County, Washington, a species thought to be extinct in the area, a cooperation between the non-profit Capitol Land Trust and a landowner purchased 60 acres (24 ha) around the Blooms Ditch tributary in order to establish a habitat for the amphibian ...
The yellow-spotted tree frog is pale green with bronze patches that highlight dark spots. It has entirely webbed toes and is set apart from other frogs by the cream markings on its thighs.
Columbia spotted frog, Rana luteiventris LC Southern mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa EN E and: [n 2] Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Rana sierrae EN Oregon spotted frog, Rana pretiosa VU Water frogs American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus LC Gopher frog, Lithobates capito NT Crawfish frog, Lithobates areolatus NT