Family Ranidae
- Description:
- To 8" or more in snout-vent length. Color green to near black, often with darker spots. Prominent fold of skin from behind eye extending around eardrum. Eardrum as large as eye in females; larger in males.
Native to eastern U.S.; introduced widely throughout Colorado and other western states.
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Photo from Hammerson, 1986. Used with permission.
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