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	 Re: Hey Frog Face! -- pickerel frog vs leopard frog
|  | Query: john white | Result: 1612th of 1650 |  | 
 
| Subject: | Re: Hey Frog Face! -- pickerel frog vs leopard frog 
 |  | Poster: | John White (john.white161@verizon.net) 
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Upload Date: 2004:07:23 15:19:10 | 
| Great close-up! Great job on the ID! The frog is a southern leopard frog
 (Rana sphenocephala), note the white spot on the tympanum (eardrum), the
 somewhat pointed snout and the rounded spots.
 
 John
 
 
 "Norman Welsh" wrote...
 
 > Found this guy in my back yard today. He was very cooperative and
 > allowed me to take this picture from a distance of about 4 inches with
 > my Coolpix 990. He is either a Southern Leopard Frog or a Pickeral Frog.
 > He has charactaristics of both images I found in my field guide.
 
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 |  |  | martha ma |  |  | ur an idiot |  |  |  | Guest |  |  | Scientific Name:	Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1889) Common Names:	Southern Leopard Frog
 Synonyms:
 Lithobates sphenocephala Cope, 1889
 Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1889
 Rana utricularius Harlan, 1826
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