California Red-legged Frog. Drayton's Frog. 



Bull-frog. Long-footed 

 Frog. Bloody Nouns. 

 Rocky Mountain Frog. 

 Western Wood Frog. 

 Leconte's Frog. French 

 Frog. 



Plate LX. (xj). i, 2, 4. 

 Females. 3. Male. 



Rana aurora draytonii 

 (Baird and Girard). 



Range: Oregon to Lower 

 California. 



Habitat: Ponds, lakes or 

 marshes. Large permanent 

 pools or water courses. 



Size: Adults, 1 1/3-5 2 /5 

 inches. (Males, 63-95 mm - 

 Females, 58-136 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a large, stout, rough-skinned 

 frog with a thick broad head. 

 It is the largest of Cali- 

 fornia's native frogs. The leg 

 bars on tibia and femur may 

 be so prominent as to appear 

 zebra-like. The back is olive 

 drab or buffy brown, spotted 

 with light centered spots; the 

 groin, heavily spotted; the 

 lateral fold, light pinkish 

 cinnamon; the line on the 

 upper jaw cream buff or pale 

 pinkish. The under side of 

 the hind legs and the inner 

 half of the tarsus and foot are 

 pinkish to red. The iris is 

 orange. 



Structure: Thumb enlarged, 

 slightly two lobed; thumb 

 base quite large in female and 

 in some individuals would be 

 mistaken for a male; promi- 



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