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Dry Forest Leopard Frog

Lithobates forreri

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 Mexico.January 10, February 7, March 16, April 29, May 17, June 16, July 28, August 24, September 28, October 24, November 19, December 17.
Mexico235
Costa Rica186
Sinaloa90
Provincia Guanacaste85
Provincia Puntarenas50
Jalisco47
Provincia Alajuela32
Nayarit25
Oaxaca21
Colima18

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