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By 1960, the Houston toads were unable to be located and in 1970, the Houston toad was federally listed as an endangered species. [16] It was determined that they were extirpated from the Houston, Texas area by the 1960s, likely coincident with the severe drought of the 1950s and concurrent development of its forested habitat in that region. A ...
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]
Most of these frogs are caught in the wild, but some are raised in captivity. The United States is a net importer of frog legs. [68] The American bullfrog is used as a specimen for dissection in many biology and anatomy classes in schools across the world. [69] It is the state amphibian of Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma. [70]
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.
The native peoples of South America extract poison from these frogs to apply to their weapons for hunting, [188] although few species are toxic enough to be used for this purpose. At least two non-poisonous frog species in tropical America (Eleutherodactylus gaigei and Lithodytes lineatus) mimic the colouration of dart poison frogs for self ...
The squirrel tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus) is a small species of tree frog found in the southeastern United States, from Texas to Virginia. This is an introduced species in the Bahamas . Squirrel tree frogs are small frogs, about 1.5 inches in length as adults.
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 ...
Lithobates sphenocephalus [1] [3] or Rana sphenocephala, [4] [5] [6] commonly known as the southern leopard frog, is a medium-sized anuran in the family Ranidae (the true frogs). The southern leopard frog is one of the 36 species currently or formerly classified in the Rana genus found in North America. [ 7 ]