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Lithobates palustris (Pickerel Frog)

Synonyms: Rana palustris; Rana palustris mansuetii; Rana palustris palustris; Rana pardalis

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.88
EDGE Score: 2.06
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  1,616
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.425 inches (8.7 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Bald-cypress - Water Tupelo Floodplain Forest United States (Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Bald-cypress Floodplain Forest United States (Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Missouri, Texas)
Central Interior Buttonbush Pond United States (Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee)
Rice Cutgrass - Small-spike False Nettle - Yellow Water Buttercup Pond United States (New Jersey)
Southeast Coastal Plain Buttonbush Pond United States (Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia)
Water Tupelo Swamp Forest United States (Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia)

Predators

Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)[2]
Mustela vison (American Mink)[2]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0