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Statewide, except extreme north, Alaska Peninsula, and Aleutian Islands: Northern red-legged frog: Rana aurora (Baird & Girard, 1852) LC [15] Introduced to Alaska. Sometimes placed in genus Amerana [16] Introduced to northeastern Chichagof Island [1] Columbia spotted frog: Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913: LC [17] Sometimes placed in genus ...
Alaska has two species of frogs. They are the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog. Alaska also is inhabited by two introduced frog species, the Pacific tree frog (also referenced as the Pacific chorus frog), and the red-legged frog. [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad. [30]
Archaeobatrachia - four families, seven genera, 27 species Family Genera Common names Example species Example photo Ascaphidae (Fejérváry, 1923) 1: Tailed frogs: Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) Bombinatoridae (Gray, 1825) 2: Fire-belly toads: European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) Alytidae (Fitzinger, 1843) 3: Painted frogs or disc-tongued ...
However, wood frogs in Interior Alaska exhibit even greater tolerance, with some of their body water freezing while still surviving. Wood frogs in natural hibernation remain frozen for 193 +/- 11 consecutive days and reached an average (October–May) temperature of −6.3 °C (20.7 °F) and an average minimum temperature of −14.6 ± 2.8 °C ...
The temnospondyl Eryops had sturdy limbs to support its body on land Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with limbs and feet specialised for climbing Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a primitive salamander The bright colours of the common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) are typical of a toxic species Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) can parachute to ...
North America has many species of the family Hylidae, including the gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) and the American green tree frog (H. cinerea). The spring peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ) is also widespread in the eastern United States and is commonly heard on spring and summer evenings.
Brachycephalidae (Günther, 1858) – saddleback toads, flea toads and big-headed frogs (79 species) Caligophrynidae Fouquet et al, 2023 (1 species) Ceuthomantidae – emerald-barred frogs Heinicke et al, 2009 (4 species) Craugastoridae (Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008) – fleshbelly frogs, northern rain frogs, and robber frogs (129 species)
Beck's tree frog is a fairly large tree frog with a snout-to-vent length of between 34 and 44 mm (1.3 and 1.7 in). The head is about as wide as it is long, with small, widely separated nostrils and tympani (eardrums) somewhat smaller than the eyes. Both fingers and toes are long with the toes being webbed while the fingers have disced tips and ...