This is a great, inclusive article! As a kid, I used to love catching Northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) when we would vacation in Wisconsin. I have seen but a few Southern leopard frogs in Missouri as where I live most of the waterbodies consist of rivers/streams and/or reservoirs resulting from the construction of dams on the major rivers. Consequently, there is a decided lack of "preferred habitat", especially in the reservoirs as the water level fluctuations have the potential to be drastic, not only from the perspective of changes in depth, but also from the perspective of frequency and duration.





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