Blue leopard frog?

[Psychotic]

Have you ever found a Leopard frog with a noticeably large tympanum? There's a couple of definite males in the picture below (the one calling and the one on the right) whose eardrums are 'small'. This is the typical size of tympanum for both sexes from my experience wading around breeding ponds. I'd hypothesize that someone believed since this difference in the sexes was the case for some Ranid species, that it must apply to others (it's very obvious in adult Rana clamitans for example). That, or the populations near me are abnormal.

No, not like with a green frog or a bullfrog. I've noticed some have bigger ears than others. But it is probably natural variation between individuals. It's been a while since I've caught leopard frogs. There are none in my pond or in my aunt's pond across the road. I did find a baby pickerel frog in my pond earlier this year which was very strange. I've never seen them in this area before either. Anyway, next time I find a population of leopard frogs I'll make sure to pay closer attention.

[herpdoc]

neat find. i've only seen blue bullfrogs or green frogs and never leopards before. i've been keeping a group of southern leopards for a while now with a mixture of males and females. unfortunately, sexing leopard frogs isn't as easy as with bullfrogs or green frogs since there really isn't any difference in size of the tympanic membranes due to gender. as someone said before, females are generally a bit larger than males. males will also have vocal sacs near their forearms (an extra flap of skin in that area) and have prominent thumb pads and that's pretty much the only way to sex them. if conditions are right, the males will croak and you can see the vocal sacs expand.

[Bullfrogkeeper]

Nice find! Would u be interested in selling? I have had a lot of experience with the rana genus. I've never found a blue leopard frog but have found some cool green frogs, but let me know if u are interested.

[boardn88]

Any updates on the blue leopard?