Pig Frog
Lithobates grylio
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- L. grylio – Columbia Co, FL – photo from iNaturalist, Jake Scott
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lithobates grylio occurs in extreme southeastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lithobates grylio (Stejneger, 1901)
Genus: Lithobates, Greek – lithos = stone + bates = one that treads or climbs – ref. one that treads on rock or climbs rocks
Species: grylio, Greek – grylos = pig — “their voice…resembling the grunt of a herd of pigs…”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962