Summary ⁴

The pickerel frog (Rana palustris) is a small North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.

Description ⁵

Size: 1.75 - 3 inches

An irritating skin secretion makes this frog unappetizing to some predators. The secretion will kill other frogs kept in the same collecting container or terrarium.

Habitat: Slow-moving waters and other damp areas preferably with low, dense vegetation; streams, swamps, and meadows.

Sound ⁵

Voice: Steady, low, snore-like croak. Raspy in quality and may last up to 2 seconds.

Call produced from paired, lateral vocal sacs. May call in a rolling snore while under water.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Anita Gould, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Anita Gould, http://www.flickr.com/photos/61897811@N00/125554472
2. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7861510610_9f028150e7_o.jpg
3. (c) sallen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by sallen
4. Adapted by taijioto from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithobates_palustris
5. (c) taijioto, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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