Bronze Frog
Lithobates clamitans clamitans
Bronze Frog 3
The Bronze Frog is the southeastern subspecies of the widespread Green Frog. It gets its name from the bronze or brown color of most individuals, although they can appear greenish or grayish and may have black mottling. While smaller than American Bullfrogs, they do look very similar. The most reliable way to tell them apart is that Bronze Frogs have a fold of skin running down their backs from behind their eyes to their hind legs. Bronze Frogs make a call that sounds like a banjo string or rubber band being plucked: http://www.californiaherps.com/noncal/misc/miscfrogs/pages/l.clamitans.sounds.html
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- Adapted by hancnaturalist from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithobates_clamitans
More Info
iNat Map
| Color | black, bronze, brown, gray, green, white, yellow |
|---|---|
| Texture | smooth |
| Pattern | mottled, spots |
