Globally near threatened (NT) (Source: IUCN Red List)

Classification
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  • Scientific names
    • Lithobates areolatus
    • Lithobates areolata
    • Lithobates areolatus areolatus
    • Rana areolata
    • Rana areolata areolata
    • Rana areolata circulosa
  • English
    • Crawfish Frog
    • Southern Crawfish Frog
    • Northern Crawfish Frog
    • Southern Crawfish Frog (<i>R
    • Northern Crawfish Frog (<i>R
  • Unknown
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    • areolatus</i>)
    • circulosus</i>)

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Recent observations

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

toby

Date

Apr 3, 2013 02:58 AM CDT

Place

123–137 Bernardo Rd, Sealy, Texas, US (Google, OSM)

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

tonyg

Date

Mar 30, 2013

Place

Belknap Road, Illinois, U.S.A. (Google, OSM)

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

tonyg

Date

Mar 30, 2013

Place

Hwy 45, Johnson county, Illinois, U.S.A. (Google, OSM)

Description

Saw several individuals in this location.

Tags

Cache River

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

tonyg

Date

Mar 10, 2013

Place

Belknap Road, Illinois, U.S.A. (Google, OSM)

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

toby

Date

Sep 3, 2007

Place

Preston Road (Google, OSM)

Description

DOR, mild showers, found by Shane Lowe

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Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

dianaterryhibbitts

Date

Apr 17, 1987

Place

Hunt County (Google, OSM)

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Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

rrommel

Date

Mar 21, 2012

Place

Austin, County (Google, OSM)

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

toby

Date

Feb 16, 2012

Place

Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR (Google, OSM)

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

tonyg

Date

Oct 26, 2011

Place

Near Belknap, Illinois, U.S.A. (Google, OSM)

Description

The poor guy had been hit- took off his left arm.

Tags

Cache River

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

ahoffman

Date

Mar 19, 2011

Place

Barton County, MO (Google, OSM)

Description

Adult female found in an ephemeral grassland swale at night.

Tags

Amphibian, Amphibia, Anura, Frog, Ranidae, Lithobates, Rana, areolata, Crawfish, Lithobates areolata, areolatus, Crawfish Frog

Photos

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

toby

Date

May 13, 2011 10:36 PM CDT

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

TX: Colorado County

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What

Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus

Observer

mikeygraz

Date

the past

Place

Joplin, Missouri (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

The Crawfish Frog (Rana areolata) is a species of aquatic frog native to the central United States. It gets its name because crayfish are its primary diet, and it inhabits crayfish burrows. It is also known as t