Cascades Frog
Rana cascadae
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- R. cascadae – Siskiyou Co, CA – photo by Douglas Aguillard
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- R. cascadae – Siskiyou Co, CA – photo by Douglas Aguillard
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- R. cascadae Map by USGS
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Rana cascadae occurs in Northern California.
LEGAL STATUS: Rana cascadae is protected in California as a Species of Special Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rana cascadae (Slater, 1939)
Genus: Rana , Latin = frog — “Rana” probably mimics how the Romans heard their call.
Species: cascadae, of the Cascade Mountains, WA — “named from the region in which it was first found”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962