#1924 · 🐸 amphibians

Southern Leopard Frog

🇳🇱 Southern leopard frog ·Lithobates sphenocephalus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Jack and Shirley Foreman · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Amber Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tom Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Luke Pearson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0
8. © Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
9. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © AllieKF · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The southern leopard frog ( Lithobates sphenocephalus or Rana sphenocephala ) is a species of true frog. It is native to eastern North America from Kansas to New York to Florida. It is also an introduced species in some areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 37,739iNaturalist 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.
37,739 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1889 (137 years ago).