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The tadpoles take 50 to 75 days to develop to adulthood. [15] In northern parts of its range, it is dormant during the winter, where it remains in well-oxygenated, unfrozen water bodies. [15] The recorded highest altitude of this species is 1000 feet. [25] Southern leopard frogs feed primarily on insects, crayfish, and other invertebrates.
Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 – northern leopard frog; Rana sevosa Goin and Netting, 1940 – dusky gopher frog; Rana spectabilis Hillis and Frost, 1985 – brilliant leopard frog; Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886 – southern leopard frog; Rana taylori Smith, 1959 – Peralta frog; Rana tlaloci Hillis and Frost, 1985 – Tlaloc's leopard frog
Leopard frog is a generic name used to refer to various species in the true frog genus Lithobates. They all have similar coloration: brown or green with spots that form a leopard pattern . They are distinguished by their distribution and behavioral, morphological , and genetic differences.
The nearly 400 northern leopard frogs were collected as eggs by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and raised from tadpoles by Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and Oregon zoo staff ...
The hind limbs develop much faster than the front limbs; a stage 36 Usambara torrent frog tadpole has differentiated toes with toe pads on its hind limbs while the front limbs are short, unerupted buds with no signs of digit formation, whereas the tadpole of a more typical frog (such as a southern leopard frog) in the same stage has front and ...
The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri or Rana berlandieri) [2] [3] is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America. [1] It is also sometimes referred to as the Mexican leopard frog.
Rio Grande leopard frog: Occur in central and western areas of the state [76] LC [77] Lithobates blairi: Plains leopard frog: Distribution includes northern Texas [78] LC [79] Lithobates catesbeianus: Bullfrog: Occurs throughout most of Texas [80] LC [81] Lithobates clamitans: Green frog: Throughout eastern Texas [82] LC [82] Lithobates grylio ...
Southern leopard frog: Rana virgatipes: Carpenter frog: Toads. Image Binomial Name Name Map Bufo americanus: American toad: Bufo woodhousii fowleri: Fowler's toad: