Stats

Lifespan

2-9 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Solitary

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

Northern Leopard Frogs are small amphibians with a distinctive leopard-like pattern on their backs, and they have a short, powerful tail. They are known for their wide range of habitats, including forests, wetlands, and grasslands.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2. 2.
   tadpole

   A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ranidae

Genus

Lithobates

Species

Lithobates pipiens