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Family RANIDAE 
Subfamily RanmagE 
Rana boylii boylii Baird 
California Yellow-legged Frog 
OricInAL Description.—Rana boylii Baird, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Phila., 7, 1854, p. 62. 
Tyre Locauiry.—California; subsequently designated as El Do- 
rado [Eldorado County ?] (see Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 34, 1889, 
p. 447). 
Synonyms.—Rana pachyderma Cope, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 
1883, pp. 25-27 (types from MeCloud River [= Baird, Shasta 
County], California, and Ashland, Oregon); [?] Rana temporaria 
pretiosa, part. 
Common Names.—Thick-skinned Frog; Boyle’s Frog. 
RanGe.—Northern and central portions of the state, chiefly west 
of the high Sierra Nevada, both along the coast and in the interior 
valleys. Has been found east to Baird, Shasta County (Cope, loc. cit.), 
to Fyffe, Eldorado County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and to near Feliciana 
Mountain, 3800 feet altitude, Mariposa County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
Southernmost station, Bodfish, on Kern River, Kern County (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.). Has also been taken at Mono Lake, Mono County (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.). Life-zones, Upper Sonoran and Transition. Inhabits 
margins of springs, streams, and fresh-water lakes. (See fig. 5.) 
Rana boylii sierrae Camp 
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog 
ORIGINAL DescripTion.—Rana boylii sierrae Camp, Univ. Calif. 
Publ. Zool., 17, February 3, 1917, pp. 120-123, fig. 2. 
Type Locauiry.—Matlack Lake, 10,500 feet altitude, near Kear- 
sarge Pass, Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California. 
Synonyms.—Rana aurora, part; Rana pretiosa, part; [?] Rana 
temporaria pretiosa, part. 
Common Names.—Western Frog; Pacific Frog. 
Rance.—High Sierra Nevada, 7000 to 10,500 feet altitude. North- 
ernmost station, Young Lake, Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne 
County ; southernmost, Taylor Meadow, near Kern County line, Tulare 
County (Mus. Vert. Zool.). Oceupies the Canadian and Hudsonian life- 
zones. Lives chiefly in lakes and along streams in meadows. (See fig. 5.) 
