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Southern leopard frog * Lithobates yavapaiensis: Lowland leopard frog * Rana aurora: Northern red-legged frog Rana boylii: Foothill yellow-legged frog Rana cascadae: Cascades frog Rana draytonii: California red-legged frog Rana luteiventris: Columbia spotted frog * Rana muscosa: Southern mountain yellow-legged frog Rana pretiosa: Oregon spotted ...
The juvenile frog has more pronounced dorsal spotting, and may have yellow, instead of red, markings on the undersides of the hind legs. A characteristic feature of the red-legged frog is its dorsolateral fold, visible on both sides of the frog, extending roughly from the eye to the hip. R. draytonii looks very similar to the northern red ...
The mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa), also known as the southern mountain yellow-legged frog, is a species of true frog endemic to California in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It occurs in the San Jacinto Mountains , San Bernardino Mountains , and San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California and the Southern Sierra Nevada .
In Southern California, fewer than 200 of the medium-sized frogs are believed to exist in the wild. Climate change-fueled fires and prolonged drought are among the culprits for their stunning decline.
The world's largest frog is the goliath frog of West Africa—it can grow to 15 inches (38 centimeters) and weigh up to 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms). One of the smallest is the Cuban tree toad, which ...
It is grey or light brown on its dorsum with darker blotches, and has a whitish venter. It is yellow on the undersides of its legs, groin, and lower abdomen; males of the species have a dusky-yellow throat. The California tree frog has conspicuous toe webbing and pads, and its dorsal skin is roughened and warty. It is 2.9–5 cm (1.1–2.0 in ...
The species is very similar in appearance to another in the area – B hermogenesi – which also has the same yellowish-brown skin, lives in leaf litter, and emerges as tiny frogs from their eggs ...
These frogs have long been known as Pacific chorus frogs Pseudacris regilla. Then, in 2006, Recuero et al. split that taxonomic concept into three species. [5] Recuero et al. attached the name Pseudacris regilla with the northern piece, renaming the central piece the Sierran tree frog (Pseudacris sierra) and the southern piece the Baja ...