Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Ranidae > Lithobates > Lithobates sphenocephalusLithobates sphenocephalus (Southern Leopard Frog)Synonyms: Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus; Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius; Rana halecina sphenocephala; Rana pipiens sphenocephala; Rana sphenocephala; Rana sphenocephala sphenocephala; Rana sphenocephala utricularia; Rana sphenocephala utricularius; Rana utricularia; Rana utricularia sphenocephala; Rana utricularia utricularia; Rana utricularius; Rana virescens sphenocephala The southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus or Rana sphenocephala) is a species of true frog. It is native to the eastern United States from Kansas to New York to Florida. It is also an introduced species in some areas. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.88 EDGE Score: 2.06 |
| Litter Size [2] | 4,750 | | Litters / Year [2] | 5 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 6 years | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 5.0 inches (12.7 cm) | | Water Biome [1] | Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Temporary Pools |  | | Adult Weight [2] | 65.7 grams | | | Diet [1] | Omnivore |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore |
II |
21476 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Island National Seashore |
II |
20629 |
Georgia, United States |
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
IV |
2387149 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Matanzas National Monument |
III |
269 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
V |
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Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park |
II |
17686 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Manassas National Battlefield Park |
III |
5132 |
Virginia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve |
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33386 |
Virginia, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Oliveira, 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. ♦ 3Study of Northern Virginia Ecology♦ 4Sexual dimorphism in head shape and diet in the cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus), Shawn E. Vincent, Anthony Herrel and Duncan J. Irschick, J. Zool., Lond. (2004) 264, 5359 ♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 6Anurans 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 ♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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