Ranidae

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Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Ranidae
Highland Frog

Highland Frog

Lithobates maculatus (Brocchi, 1877)

Lithobates maculatus, the highland frog, is a Ranidae species found in Central America and Mexico, threatened by habitat loss.

Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog

Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog

Lithobates magnaocularis (Frost & Bagnara, 1974)

Lithobates magnaocularis, the Northwest Mexico leopard frog, is an endemic Mexican aquatic Ranidae frog possibly threatened by droughts.

Montezuma Leopard Frog

Montezuma Leopard Frog

Lithobates montezumae (Baird, 1854)

Montezuma leopard frog (Lithobates montezumae) is a Mexican endemic Ranid frog threatened by habitat loss and collected for food.

Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog

Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog

Lithobates neovolcanicus (Hillis & Frost, 1985)

Lithobates neovolcanicus is a threatened Ranidae frog endemic to the southern edge of Mexico's Mexican Plateau.

Relict Leopard Frog

Relict Leopard Frog

Lithobates onca (Cope, 1875)

Lithobates onca, the relict leopard frog, is a nocturnal leopard frog currently restricted to Nevada’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Amazon River Frog

Amazon River Frog

Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)

Lithobates palmipes, the Amazon River frog, is a non-threatened ranid frog from South America, eaten as food by the Ye'kwana.

Pickerel Frog

Pickerel Frog

Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825)

The pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris) is a small spotted North American frog native to the United States and Canada.

Northern Leopard Frog

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)

Lithobates pipiens, the northern leopard frog, is a North American frog with potential cancer-fighting oocyte enzymes.

Mexican Cascades Frog

Mexican Cascades Frog

Lithobates pustulosus (Boulenger, 1883)

Lithobates pustulosus is a common Ranidae frog endemic to Mexico, inhabiting rocky cascading streams.

Mink Frog

Mink Frog

Lithobates septentrionalis (Baird, 1854)

Lithobates septentrionalis, the mink frog, is a small aquatic North American frog with distinct sexual dimorphism.

showy leopard frog

showy leopard frog

Lithobates spectabilis (Hillis & Frost, 1985)

The showy leopard frog (Lithobates spectabilis) is a Ranidae frog endemic to Mexico, threatened by habitat loss.

Wood Frog

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825)

Lithobates sylvaticus, the wood frog, is a widespread North American forest amphibian with early spring breeding in ephemeral wetlands.

Peralta Frog

Peralta Frog

Lithobates taylori (Smith, 1959)

Lithobates taylori, the Peralta frog, is a large semi-aquatic nocturnal frog found in Central American forests, threatened by habitat loss and pesticide pollution.

Vaillant's Frog

Vaillant's Frog

Lithobates vaillanti (Brocchi, 1877)

Lithobates vaillanti, or Vaillant's frog, is a ranid frog species found in a wide range of habitats in Central America.

Green-eyed Frog

Green-eyed Frog

Lithobates vibicarius (Cope, 1894)

Lithobates vibicarius is a large endangered semi-aquatic frog native to Central America that has undergone severe population decline.

Carpenter Frog

Carpenter Frog

Lithobates virgatipes (Cope, 1891)

Lithobates virgatipes, the carpenter frog, is a medium-sized North American frog named for its hammer-like call, adapted to acidic aquatic habitats.

Brilliant Forest Frog

Brilliant Forest Frog

Lithobates warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857)

Lithobates warszewitschii is a medium-sized frog found in Central American humid forests with known threats from chytridiomycosis and habitat loss.

Lowland Leopard Frog

Lowland Leopard Frog

Lithobates yavapaiensis (Platz & Frost, 1984)

Lithobates yavapaiensis, the lowland leopard frog, is a non-threatened Ranidae frog found in the US and Mexico.

Zweifel's Frog

Zweifel's Frog

Lithobates zweifeli (Hillis, Frost & Webb, 1984)

Zweifel's frog (Lithobates zweifeli) is a Ranidae amphibian endemic to Mexico, found in low elevation forests near water.

Browns' Leopard Frog

Browns' Leopard Frog

Lithobates brownorum (Sanders, 1973)

Lithobates brownorum (Browns' leopard frog) is a range-restricted frog species recognized as distinct via molecular data.

Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Lithobates chiricahuensis (Platz & Mecham, 1979)

The Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis) is a true frog native to the southwestern US and Mexico.

Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog

Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog

Lithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg, Newman, Watkins-Colwell, Schlesinger, Zarate, Curry, Shaffer & Burger, 2014)

Lithobates kauffeldi, the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, is a North American frog distinguished most reliably by its unique chuck mating call.

Lenca Leopard Frog

Lenca Leopard Frog

Lithobates lenca (Luque-Montes, Austin, Weinfurther, Wilson, Hofmann & Townsend, 2018)

Lithobates lenca, the Lenca leopard frog, is a true frog species from southwestern Honduras, confirmed distinct in 2018.

Bicolored Frog

Bicolored Frog

Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853)

Clinotarsus curtipes, the bicolored frog, is an amphibian with distinctive markings, large shoaling tadpoles collected for local consumption.

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