Photographs see also caudata, anura, testudines, squamata and odonata

True Frogs

 

Upper photographs plains leopard frogs (Rana blairi); lower photographs northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)

 

Upper photographs calling male Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens) and nuptial pad; lower photographs amplexed and spawning Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)

 

Eggs of Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) and Tadpole of Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)

 

Tadpole mouth, tadpoles and metamorphosing Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)

 

Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala)

 

Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)

 

Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)

 

Mink Frog (Rana septentrionalis)

 

Upper photographs Green Frog (Rana clamitans); lower photographs Bullfrog (Rana catasbeiana)

 

Upper photographs male Green Frogs (Rana clamitans); lower photographs female Green Frog (Rana clamitans) and eggs

 

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

 

True Toads

 

Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii)

 

Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii) burrowing in the sand; note sunburned individuals

 

American Toads (Bufo americanus)

 

Calling male American Toads (Bufo americanus); amplexed pair and egg strings

 

Upper photographs Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea); lower photographs Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

 

Upper photographs Eastern Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolore); lower photograph Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) and Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)

 

Upper photographs calling and amplexed Cope's Gray Treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis); lower photographs amplexed and metamorphosing Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris triseriata)

 

Upper photographs calling male Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata); lower photographs calling and satellite male Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris triseriata)

 

Spotted Chorus Frog (Pseudacris clarkii)

 

Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

 

Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)

 

Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)

 

Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)

 

Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons) and tadpoles

 

Upper photographs Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons) tadpole, and Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis); lower photographs Eleutherodactylus sp. collected on my honeymoon in Jamaica!

 

Tadpoles of Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis), Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), and Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)

 

Bullfrog Tadpole and intestine

 

Comparison of the intestine of a tadpole and metamorphosed Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii)

 

Piebald Bullfrog Tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) NE

 

Five Legged Northern Leopard Frog Tadpole (Rana pipiens) NE

 

 

Strange animals you run into while frogging!