Key Characteristics Slim waist Long legs Pointed toes Extensive webbing on the hind feet ...

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RANIDAE “TRUE FROGS”

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RANIDAE“TRUE FROGS”

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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

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Plateau FrogNanorana pleskei

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African BullfrogPyxicephalus adspersus

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Red-Legged FrogRana aurora

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Crawfish FrogRana areolata

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Rio Grande Leopard FrogRana berlandieri

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Plains Leopard FrogRana blairi

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Cascades FrogRana cascadae

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North American BullfrogRana catesbeiana

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Green FrogRana clamitans

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River FrogRana hecksheri

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Columbia Spotted FrogRana luteiventris

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Florida Bog FrogRana okaloosae

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Pickerel FrogRana palustris

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Distribution

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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