#1921 · 🐸 amphibians
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
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what is it?
The pickerel frog ( Lithobates palustris , formerly Rana palustris ) is a small North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.
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.
- 39,962 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Lawrence LeConte in 1825 (201 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pickerel Frog
- scientific name
- Lithobates palustris
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Ranidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 39,962
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1825 by John Lawrence LeConte
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
#1906 📷 10North American Green Frog
🇳🇱 Schreeuwkikker
Lithobates clamitans
LC 🌍 169.2k seen
#1857 📷 10American Bullfrog
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Stierkikker
Lithobates catesbeianus
LC 🌍 153k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 66002, Wikidata Q28035920, GBIF 2427056, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.