Ranidae “True Frogs”

RANIDAE“TRUE FROGS”

Key Characteristics Slim waist Long legs Pointed toes Extensive webbing on the hind feet Horizontal pupils Dorsolateral folds Smooth skin Most lack ribs Eight vertebrae Teeth on upper jaw

Plateau FrogNanorana pleskei

African BullfrogPyxicephalus adspersus

Red-Legged FrogRana aurora

Crawfish FrogRana areolata

Rio Grande Leopard FrogRana berlandieri

Plains Leopard FrogRana blairi

Cascades FrogRana cascadae

North American BullfrogRana catesbeiana

Green FrogRana clamitans

River FrogRana hecksheri

Columbia Spotted FrogRana luteiventris

Florida Bog FrogRana okaloosae

Pickerel FrogRana palustris

Distribution

References Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed

January 17, 2011 at http://data.gbif.org/species/13148916

Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed January 17, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org

Ranidae (True Frogs). Accessed January 17, 2011 at http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/amphibians/family_ranidae.htm