River Frog (Lithobates heckscheri)

Created: February 12th, 2017 - 05:40 PM
Last Modified: February 12th, 2017 - 05:40 PM Entered by: Nicholas Barys
Record 270830

Country: United States		State: Florida	County: Santa Rosa County	Time: 2017-02-12 08:42:00
Qty: 1	Age: Yearling	Sex: --	Method: Log flipping	Habitat: Oxbow Lake
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 70.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Nicholas Barys on Feb 18, 2017 at 04:17 PM

They fade with age apparently. I just checked my other River Frog photos. Adults lack them, young have them. I raised some River Frog tadpoles to metamorphs and they had the ridges as well.

Posted by Noah Mueller on Feb 18, 2017 at 03:46 PM

It looks like it has a dorsolateral ridge. I didn't think heckscheri had those.