Southern Leopard Frog | NC Wildlife
There is a small white spot in the center of the tympanum, or eardrum. The belly is usually plain white. Leopard frogs have long, powerful hind legs and webbed hind feet. The head is relatively long and pointed, and the skin is smooth and moist.
Southern Leopard Frog - herpsofnc.org
Description: The southern leopard frog is a slender, beautifully spotted frog that may be bright green, brown, tan, gold or bronze with scattered, well-defined dark brown spots. It has prominent ridges running along each side, long hind legs, a pointed head and a plain white belly.
Southern leopard frog - Wikipedia
Lithobates sphenocephalus [1] [3] or Rana sphenocephala, [4] [5] [6] commonly known as the southern leopard frog, is a medium-sized anuran in the family Ranidae (the true frogs). The southern leopard frog is one of the 36 species currently or formerly classified in the Rana genus found in North America. [ 7 ]
There is a small white spot in the center of the tympanum, or eardrum. The belly is usually plain white. Leopard frogs have long, powerful hind legs and webbed hind feet. The head is relatively long and pointed, and the skin is smooth and moist.
Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) - Indiana Herp Atlas
Mature members of this species are medium-sized, Green Frogs with irregular dark spots. Dorsal color ranges from green to brownish with a light underbelly. The spots typically have a light "halo" or greenish outer edge that is often used to distinguish this species from other leopard frogs.
Southern Leopard Frog – INHS Herpetology Collection
Description: Medium-sized (5-9 cm SVL) light tan, green, brown, or mixed green and brown frog. Belly and undersides of legs white in life. Continuous pale dorsolateral fold, narrower and whiter than in the Northern Leopard Frog, extends from each eye along back.
Hinterland Who's Who - Northern Leopard Frog - hww.ca
Black pupils and golden irises make up their eyes. They are often confused with Pickerel Frogs (Lithobates palustris); whose spots are more squared then rounded and have a yellowish underbelly. Male frogs are typically smaller than the females. Their average life span is two to four years in the wild, but up to nine years in captivity.
Southern Leopard Frog - North Carolina
Description: The southern leopard frog is a slender, beautifully spotted frog that may be bright green, brown, tan, gold or bronze with scattered, well-defined dark brown spots. It has prominent ridges running along each side, long hind legs, a pointed head and a plain white belly.
Southern Leopard Frog - The Digestive System in the Nine Phyla
The Southern Leopard Frog's digestive system consists of an oesophagus, stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, intestine, rectum, and cloacal aperture. The frog eats its prey and it goes through the esophagus, into the Stomach
Leopard frog - Wikipedia
Leopard frog is a generic name used to refer to various species in the true frog genus Lithobates. They all have similar coloration: brown or green with spots that form a leopard pattern. They are distinguished by their distribution and behavioral, morphological, and genetic differences.