Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Lithobates berlandieri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
The Rio Grande leopard frog is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America. It is also sometimes referred to as the Mexican leopard frog. The epithet berlandieri is in honor of the naturalist Jean Louis Berlandier, who worked for the Mexican government on one of the first biological surveys of Texas.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Lithobates