Re: Hey Frog Face! -- pickerel frog vs leopard frog

Query: Lithobates sphenocephalus

Result: 22^nd of 32

Subject:	Re: Hey Frog Face! -- pickerel frog vs leopard frog
Poster:	John White (john.white161@verizon.net)

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Re: Hey Frog Face! -- pickerel frog vs leopard frog

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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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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