Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Ranidae > Rana > Rana boyliiRana boylii (Foothill Yellow-legged Frog; Rana pata amarilla)Synonyms: Amerana boylii; Rana boylii boylii; Rana pachyderma Language: Spanish The foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) is a small-sized 3.72–8.2 cm (1.46–3.23 in) frog from the Rana genus in the Ranidae family. This species can be found from northern Oregon, down California's west coast, and into Baja California, Mexico. Both the Columbia spotted frog and the Cascades frog, also part of the Rana genus, live in the northern regions of this frog's territory. They prefer to live in streams and rivers, and lay their eggs in masses attached to rocks underwater. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 8.13 EDGE Score: 2.9 |
Adult Weight [1] | 22 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Litter Size [1] | 590 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 2.874 inches (7.3 cm) |
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California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve |
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153447 |
California, United States |
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Dye Creek Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
38152 |
California, United States |
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Elkhorn Slough Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
964 |
California, United States |
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Fairfield Osborn Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
190 |
California, United States |
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
V |
26135 |
California, United States |
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Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
7008 |
California, United States |
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Lassen Volcanic National Park |
II |
29388 |
California, United States |
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McCloud River Preserve Conservation Easement |
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1693 |
California, United States |
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Nipomo Dunes Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
3725 |
California, United States |
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Pinnacles National Monument |
V |
2869 |
California, United States |
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Point Reyes National Seashore |
II |
27068 |
California, United States |
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Redwood National Park |
II |
77867 |
California, United States |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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San Francisco Peninsular Watershed County Wildlife Refuge or Management Area |
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30320 |
California, United States |
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Spivey Pond Management Area |
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54 |
California, United States |
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Whiskey-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area |
V |
197791 |
California, United States |
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Williams Wildlife Preserve Wildlife Reserve |
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California, United States |
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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 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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