#1911 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Leopard Frog

🇳🇱 Luipaardkikker ·Lithobates pipiens

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Stylurus · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Carolyn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © roy pilcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Kit Muma · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kenny Long · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © der2020 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Liz Smith · CC BY 4.0
9. © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Charles (Chuck) Peterson · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern leopard frog ( Lithobates pipiens or Rana pipiens ) is a species of leopard frog from the true frog family, native to parts of Canada and the United States. It is the state amphibian of Minnesota and Vermont.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 73,856iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
73,856 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1782 (244 years ago).