LEOPARDFROG

Leopard frog

A leopard frog can mean any frog of about 14 species within the true frog genus. They are generally similarly colored--green with prominent black spotting that sometimes appears as a leopard pattern. They are distinguished by their distribution and certain rather subtle ecological, behavioral, morphological and genetic traits. Their range in the North-American subcontinent extends throughout temperate and subtropical North America to northern Mexico, with some species found even further south. They are also found in Europe.

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