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Frogs and Toads of Indiana

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1 Frogs and Toads of Indiana
The following are frogs and toads you might find on a walk in Southern Indiana (but you might want to walk sooner than later!!!)

2 American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

3 Green Frog (Rana clamitans )
Dorsolateral fold runs 2/3 to ¾ length of body

4 Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens

5 Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus

6 Pickerel Frog Rana palustrus Dorsolateral fold like leopard but spots are uniform

7 Wood Frog Rana sylvatica

8 N.Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Tiangle on “neck” / head

9 Grey Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis)
Light patch below eye; yellow-orange on inner side of leg

10 Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
“X” on back

11 Chorus Frog Pseudacris feriarum

12 Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri)
Cranial crests contact parotid glands

13 American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Amplexus

14 Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Scaphiopus holbrokii

15 Southwest and west central IN
Crawfish Frog Rana areolota Southwest and west central IN

16 Dorsolateral fold “broken” / fading
Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi Dorsolateral fold “broken” / fading


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