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Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)

Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)

Description:

• 5 - 9 cm
• green to light brown with large, dark, circular black spots with light outlines on its back
• the dorso-lateral ridges are lighter than the rest of the frog

Habitat:

• lakes, ponds, marshes, and backwaters with emergent vegetation and grasses
• moist, grassy fields in summer when frogs move away from the water and forage

Conservation concerns, distribution and status:

• common and widespread throughout southern Ontario
• appears to have declined in northern Ontario, as it has in other parts of its range (i.e. western Canada)

Potential climatic domain map

(5967 observations in ONHIC database; 2096 observations used in analysis)