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The Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa, meaning "precious frog") is a member of the frog family Ranidae of order Anura. It is a medium-sized aquatic frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest and historically well distributed in the Puget Trough/Willamette Valley province and the Cascade Mountains of south-central Washington and Oregon.
The amphibian’s low growl helped lead wildlife staff to a jackpot of egg masses to collect, the aquarium said.
The Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) is a North American species of frog. It is a medium-sized frog reaching lengths of up to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (90 cm). Its color ranges from a dark, olive green to light brown with irregularly-shaped black spots on its back and legs (rendering its name).
Spotted frog may also refer to: Columbia spotted frog, a frog found in North America; Oregon spotted frog, a frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest; Spotted chorus frog, a frog native to the United States and Mexico; Spotted grass frog, a frog native to Australia; Spotted paa frog, a frog endemic to Yunnan, China; Spotted rubber frog, a frog ...
This makes the species even more unique, as PLOS One said, because other frogs that skip the egg step typically give birth to froglets, or baby frogs, but these frogs still give birth to tadpoles.
The foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) is a small-sized (3.72–8.2 cm or 1.46–3.23 in) frog [2] from the genus Rana in the family Ranidae.This species was historically found in the Coast Ranges from northern Oregon, through California, and into Baja California, Mexico as well as in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in California.
"A small-spotted genet visits a water pond for a sip and glimpses a cluster of small carp swimming below the water’s surface. ... frogs, mammals, birds, eggs, reptiles, and amphibians, and they ...
Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs. Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America .