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Frogs and Toads of Indiana
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Frogs and Toads of Indiana The following are frogs and toads you might find on a walk in Southern Indiana (but you might want to walk sooner than later!!!)
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Frogs and Toads of Indiana. The following are frogs and toads you might find on a walk in Southern Indiana (but you might want to walk sooner than later!!!). American Bullfrog ( Rana catesbeiana ). Green Frog ( Rana clamitans ). Dorsolateral fold runs 2/3 to ¾ length of body. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Frogs and Toads of Indiana
The following are frogs and toads you might find on a walk in Southern
Indiana(but you might want to walk sooner than later!!!)
American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Green Frog (Rana clamitans )
Dorsolateral fold runs 2/3 to ¾ length of body
Northern Leopard FrogRana pipiens
Southern Leopard FrogLithobates sphenocephalus
Pickerel Frog Rana palustrus
Dorsolateral fold like leopard but spots are uniform
Wood FrogRana sylvatica
N.Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Tiangle on “neck” / head
Grey Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis)
Light patch below eye; yellow-orange on inner side of leg
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
“X” on back
Chorus Frog Pseudacris feriarum
Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri)
Cranial crests contact parotid glands
American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Amplexus
Eastern Spadefoot ToadScaphiopus holbrokii
Crawfish FrogRana areolota
Southwest and west central IN
Plains Leopard FrogRana blairi
Dorsolateral fold “broken” / fading
