Pickerel-frog, 



WW 



Marsh Frog. Tiger Frog 



(DeKay). Leopard Frog 

 (DeKay). Cold Swamp 

 Frog. Swamp Frog. 

 Spring Frog. Le Conte's 

 Leopard Frog. 



Plate LXX. i, 3. Males 

 (xf). 2. Male croaking (xj). 

 4. Female (xf). 



Rana palustris Le Conte. 



Range: From central plains 

 to Atlantic seaboard. From 

 the Gulf States to Hudson 

 Bay. 



Habitat: Sphagnum bogs, 

 marl ponds, cold streams, 

 shallows of mill ponds, quiet 

 water of bayous, rocky ra- 

 vines. 



Size: Adults, 1 4/5-3 1/6 

 inches. (Males, 46-64 mm. 

 Females, 49-79 mm.). 



General appearance: The 

 pickerel-frog at first glance 

 looks much like the meadow 

 frog. 1 1 is slender, smooth skin- 

 ned, medium in size, usually 

 brown in color, with light 

 raised ridges extending back- 

 ward from the eyes. The dark 

 spots are, however, square 

 in shape and dark bordered, 

 regularly arranged in two 

 rows with an occasional third 

 spot between the dorsolateral 

 folds, and covering more than 

 one half of that area. The 

 spots on the sides also are 

 square and arranged regu- 

 larly, the upper row close to 

 the dorsolateral fold. There 

 is a dark streak from the eye 

 to the nostril. Underneath, it 



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