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#1987 · 🐸 amphibians

Foothill Yellow-legged Frog

Rana boylii

NTnear threatened 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © jurassicplut0n · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

23 in) frog from the Rana genus in the Ranidae family. This species can be found in the Coast Ranges from northern Oregon, through California, and into Baja California, Mexico as well as in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in California. The foothill yellow-legged frog is a Federal Species of Concern and California Species of Special Concern.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 6,232iNaturalist observations
  • threat NTnear threatened

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.
  • 6,232 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
scientific name
Rana boylii
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Ranidae
IUCN Red List
NT · near threatened
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
6,232
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Ranidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 25646, Wikidata Q59277, GBIF 2426814, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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