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