#1906 · 🐸 amphibians
North American Green Frog
🇳🇱 Schreeuwkikker ·Lithobates clamitans
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what is it?
The green frog ( Lithobates clamitans or Rana clamitans ) is a species of frog native to the eastern half of the United States and Canada. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 169,197 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1801 (225 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- North American Green Frog
- Nederlands
- Schreeuwkikker
- scientific name
- Lithobates clamitans
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Ranidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 169,197
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1801 by Pierre André Latreille
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ranidae
#1836 📷 7European Common Frog
🇳🇱 Bruine Kikker
Rana temporaria
LC 👀 1.8k in NL
#1841 📷 7Moor Frog
🇳🇱 Heikikker
Rana arvalis
LC 👀 136 in NL
#1843 📷 7Marsh Frog
🇳🇱 Meerkikker
Pelophylax ridibundus
LC 👀 71 in NL
#1844 📷 8Edible Frog
🇳🇱 Bastaardkikker
Pelophylax esculentus
👀 66 in NL
#1846 📷 10Pool Frog
🇳🇱 Poelkikker
Pelophylax lessonae
LC 👀 40 in NL
#1853 📷 10Agile Frog
🇳🇱 Springkikker
Rana dalmatina
LC 👀 2 in NL
#1857 📷 10American Bullfrog
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Stierkikker
Lithobates catesbeianus
LC 🌍 153k seen
#1910 📷 9Wood Frog
🇳🇱 Boskikker
Lithobates sylvaticus
LC 🌍 76.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 65982, Wikidata Q4667968, GBIF 2427172, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.