leopard frogs
Green spotted jumpers
Leopard frogs are medium-sized North American frogs named for their spotted green or brown skin.
They inhabit wetlands, meadows, and stream edges across much of the continent.
Several species share the name, distinguished mainly by range and call.
Leopard frogs are commonly used in biology classrooms for dissection.
- leapsShort springing motions
- jumpsPushes off ground
- spottedSeen or patterned
- green spotsAreas colored like foliage
- amphibianDual-habitat cold-blooded vertebrate
species · tadpole · egg mass · vertebrate · streams · semiaquatic · bullfrog · wetlands · camouflage · herpetology · habitat · metamorphosis · lily pad · moist skin · ectothermic · hibernation · catch flies · tympanum
amphibian type
leopard frogssalamanders
Tailed amphibians, often aquatic
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