Rio Grande Leopard Frog

The Rio Grande Leopard Frog is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through to central Mexico. It is also sometimes referred to as the Mexican Leopard Frog. More

A male Rio Grande Leopard Frog calls at night from the edge of an agricultural canal in Imperial County, using his throat sack as well as pouches on the side of the neck to produce a variety of sounds. More

The advertisement call of the Rio Grande Leopard Frog is a short, low-pitched trill or rattle, lasting less than a second, given singly or in rapid sequences of 2 - 3 trills, made at night. Chuckling sounds are also heard along with the trills. More

female Rio Grande leopard frogs were attracted to playbacks of recorded mating calls. Blair (1961a) described the phenology and other aspects of the breeding ecology of "Rana pipiens" near Austin, Texas. More

STATUS: The Rio Grande leopard frog is considered a Species of Special Protection in Mexico. More

General:The Rio Grande leopard frog is a medium size frog that is named for its leopard-looking spots. The color of the Rio Grande leopard frog is pale brown to green with irregular dark spots. The dark spots are outlined by a lighter color. More

REMARKS: The Rio Grande leopard frog was introduced to southwestern Arizona probably in the late 1960’s or 1970’s from New Mexico or west Texas. They may have hitchhiked with loads of sport fishes from a warm-water fish hatchery. More

Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) sunning on edge of cattle watering tank, s. Texas; reflected in pond File information Filename: 1128185176-leopard-frog-2larry-ditto. More

the Rio Grande Leopard Frog overlap in Central Texas. Both the Southern and Rio Grande Leopard Frogs are pale brown to green with irregular dark spots. More

Rio Grande leopard frogs at Pronatura Peninsula de Yucatan's El Zapotal reserve in Yucatan, Mexico. More

Rio Grande Leopard Frog adult night flash sitting in water high resolution capture taken at McCook, Texas, USA. More

The Rio Grande leopard frog is a pale green frog with large dark spots between russet dorsolateral ridges. The dorsolateral ridges are interrupted and inset medially just anterior to the groin. They have a poorly defined light line along the upper jaw towards the eye. More

The Rio Grande Leopard Frog is a medium size frog reaching lengths in excess of 4 inches. They look similar to the Plains Leopard Frog and the Southern Leopard Frog, but are usually duller regarding their background color and spots. More