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Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)

Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)

Description:

• 4 - 7 cm
• brownish with two parallel rows of black, square blotches extending down its back
• the dorso-lateral folds are light yellow in colour and the underside of the legs is bright yellow to orange

Habitat:

• various types of wetlands including swamps and fens, as well as pools, streams and flooded ditches

Conservation concerns, distribution and status:

• uncommon and local in southern Ontario, absent from many areas

Potential climatic domain map

(311 observations in ONHIC database; 170 observations used in analysis)