My Northern Leopard Frog!

[Badger]

Here's a couple picture that I took a couple minutes ago. What do ya guys think?

Phineas:

[firebellied zach]

Very cool! I never knew Northern leopards can turn that color.

[frogluver]

Nice! Did you catch him or buy him at a pet store?

[DonLisk]

Very cool.

[BG]

Thats a cool frog. Our native species are very beautiful.

[Kurt]

Sorry, that's not a northern leopard frog. Its a pickerel frog, Lithobates palustris and it's toxic to other frogs. Do not house it with other frogs!

[carlcaruana]

wow!

[tgampper]

Great looking frog! Kurt is correct it is a pickerel frog. The clue is the double row of squarish, dark blotches running down the back between the dorsal-lateral folds (these are the lighter lines running from the eye to the thigh). The northern leopard have irregular circular blotches lined in lighter coloration. Also the northern leopard frogs in Nebraska and Iowa have a whitish color in the tympanum (ear drum). These frogs are toxic and should not be kept with other animals.

[BeckyM]

Pickerel frog's make a snoring sound when they croak. I caught one once as a kid.

[toxxxickitten]

Very pretty frog.

[firebellied zach]

I knew their was something special about this frog! In Michigan, were I live, pickerel frogs are very rare. Never knew they were toxic either.