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Rio Grande Leopard Frog

Lithobates berlandieri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 459, February 439, March 499, April 946, May 580, June 450, July 471, August 395, September 512, October 464, November 431, December 417.
Texas7,604
United States5,694
Mexico1,071
Guanajuato373
New Mexico310
Nuevo Leon226
Tamaulipas126
California98
Coahuila de Zaragoza83
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave81

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyTypical Frogs · Ranidae
GenusAmerican Water Frogs · Lithobates

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rio Grande Leopard Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.