Frog ID please

[Haley]

This frog species showed up in the frog pond last year... not sureif it is a brown green frog? Large pics to help in ID

[clintosaurus rex]

I have a reptile and amphibian book of all herps in North America. If you could tell me which state or province this frog was found, Im sure I could tell you asap.

[Katieasaur]

looks like a good 'ol bullfrog to me

[Baelari]

Don't the ridges on it's back indicate that it's a green frog, not a bullfrog? My frog ID'ing skills are pretty bad though, so I'm probably wrong.

[Katieasaur]

idunno I just threw that out there as a guess lol

but ur right the dorsolateral ridges are a trait of the green frogs evidently

[John]

Looks like a green frog to me.

[Fae]

To me it looks likes a Bronze Frog. But I am NO Expert. I just happen to have 4 bronze frogs that I stare at alot! "The bronze frog grows up to 2 to 4 inches (5.4 to10.2 cm). Distinguishing characteristics include a bronze to brownish body, white belly with dark, irregular blotches, and a bright green upper lip and nose. Males may have yellowish throats. Bronze frogs are smooth skinned, like all true frogs. They have long hind legs with webbed toes. A fold of skin, called a lateral line, begins behind the eye and runs two-thirds the length of body. The tympanum (ear disc) is larger in males"

They can turn to a blackish brown color. Mine were all blackish brown when I rescued them. They are still juveniles but here is some pics.

[Lacibeth]

The bronze frog is Rana clamitans clamitans and is found in the SE US. The green frog found more throughout the E US is Rana clamitans melanota and my guess is that's what this guy is. Usually they have a green face, but they can also have a bronze/brown face. Unfortunately we don't have them here so I haven't had any "face to face" time to be 100% confident in that ID.

[Lacibeth]

And dangit, they're all Lithobates now.

[guppygal]

It looks like a female green frog, though I can't figure out why it would be called 'green'. The description I found here DNR - Green Frog (Rana clamitans) pretty much describes what I see in your pix.

Could be wrong....

[LilyPad]

My guess is on a green frog, I have them in the pond by my house and it looks exactly like that.

[Iratus ranunculus]

The amphibian ecologist confirms Lithobates clamitans ID.