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Southern Leopard frog (some might be green frog)

Lithobates sphenocephalus

Description:

2-3"

Habitat:

Shallow water of lake with lots of duckweed, muddy

1 Species ID Suggestions

American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus


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5 Comments

AshleyL
AshleyL 7 years ago

Check out this link as well for some pictures. The problem is that they are both similar looking and fairly common.

http://tucsonrana.com/Tucson%20frog%20an...


AshleyL
AshleyL 7 years ago

Check out my picture of one with legs. The thing is that three I found have legs and the other 3 do not. It takes bullfrogs 2/3 years to develop into frogs, right? So why do only half of the ones I found in the same location have legs?

Graham Monroe
Graham Monroe 7 years ago

At that size it could be either but my hunch is still a Bullfrog because of the patterns. I am unable to say for certain though.

AshleyL
AshleyL 7 years ago

It's 2-3". Is it a leopard frog or bullfrog?

Graham Monroe
Graham Monroe 7 years ago

It's hard to tell but my guess would be an American Bullfrog. It depends on how big the tadpole is.

AshleyL
Spotted by
AshleyL

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Apr 19, 2017
Submitted on Apr 18, 2017

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