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Gray tree frog: Found in the eastern-central portion of the state, excluding the most eastern fifth [40] LC [41] Pseudacris clarkii: Spotted chorus frog: Found in central Texas [42] LC [43] Pseudacris crucifer: Spring peeper: Found in eastern Texas [44] LC [45] Pseudacris fouquettei: Cajun chorus frog: Found throughout eastern Texas [46] LC [47]
Eleutherodactylus marnockii, the cliff chirping frog, is a small eleutherodactylid frog found in Central and West Texas, United States, [1] [2] [3] and in Coahuila and Chihuahua, northern Mexico. [1] It is also known as the cliff frog and Marnock's frog .
The origins of the word frog are uncertain and debated. [11] The word is first attested in Old English as frogga, but the usual Old English word for the frog was frosc (with variants such as frox and forsc), and it is agreed that the word frog is somehow related to this.
Officials say the crawfish frog likely was at the site during that period, as well, and remained in place until the mid to late 1980s, when they "vanished suddenly and mysteriously, possibly ...
The Atlantic Coast leopard frog is one of several species of leopard frogs. Its species name, kauffeldi, is derived from the name of Staten Island herpetologist Carl Frederick Kauffeld, who in 1936 proposed that there could be a third species of leopard frog inhabiting the New York metropolitan area, specifically Staten Island. [7]
The large animal has a “whoop”-like call and was found in several countries in southern Africa. Huge ‘aggressive’ frog — that ‘will jump at an elephant’ — discovered as new species ...
Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in the journal Science ...
Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri), from Cameron County, Texas, USARio Grande leopard frogs grow from 2.2 to 4.5 inches (5.6 to 11.4 cm) in length. They are usually tan, brown, or pale green in color, with distinctive black spotting with prominent light-colored ridges down either side of their backs.