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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 foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) is a small-sized (3.72-8.2 cm) frog [39] from the Rana genus in the family Ranidae. This species can be found from northern Oregon, down California's west coast, and into Baja California, Mexico. Both the Columbia spotted frog and the Cascades frog overlap in the northern part of this species's ...
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 ...
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 ...
Appearance. The Cascades frog has a green to brown color on its back and a light yellow on its throat and belly. A range from a few to about 50 gray spots are located on its back. Depending on the situation, the spots may change color from the lighter gray/brown to a darker black spot. The colors on the frog's back are also used to attract mates.
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.
California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii VU T Foothill yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii NT Cascades frog, Rana cascadae NT 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
An "exotic" and "rare" white fox has been spotted in Oregon. In an Oct. 15 Instagram post, the state's non-profit environmental organization, Bird Alliance of Oregon, confirmed it was looking ...