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Index of Subjects --001a113555c8fedb6c05190a1d48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello Nancy, Perhaps the frog you were hearing was not the one you saw. Your picture is that of a Green Frog, Lithobates clamitans. On Jun 21, 2015 1:12 PM, "nancy dowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > This is one of the Northern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates pipiens, formerly > Rana pipiens) hanging out in my temporary well pond: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/18808723108/in/dateposted-public/ > > All of the images I view in guides and online show the N Leopards as > having much larger spots than this one, such as the one shown here: > > http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/northern_leopard_frog_k6.html > > These are definitely L. pippins based on their calls. Does anyone know if > this is a highly variable characteristic within or between populations? Or > related to something else (like the muddy pond it is living in)? > > Nancy > --001a113555c8fedb6c05190a1d48 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Hello Nancy,</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Perhaps the frog you were hearing was not the one you saw. Y= our picture is that of a Green Frog, Lithobates clamitans.</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jun 21, 2015 1:12 PM, "nancy dowd" = <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wr= ote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar= gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is one of = the Northern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates pipiens, formerly Rana pipiens) hang= ing out in my temporary well pond:<br> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/18808723108/in/datepo= sted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.flickr.com/p= hotos/92981528@N08/18808723108/in/dateposted-public/</a><br> <br> All of the images I view in guides and online show the N Leopards as having= much larger spots than this one, such as the one shown here:<br> <a href=3D"http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/northern_leopard= _frog_k6.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://naturemappingfou= ndation.org/natmap/facts/northern_leopard_frog_k6.html</a><br> <br> These are definitely L. pippins based on their calls. Does anyone know if t= his is a highly variable characteristic within or between populations? Or r= elated to something else (like the muddy pond it is living in)?<br> <br> Nancy<br> </blockquote></div> --001a113555c8fedb6c05190a1d48--
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