Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
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- L. palustris – Alberta, CAN – photo from iNaturalist, Laura Costello
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lithobates palustris occurs in eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lithobates palustris (Le Conte, 1825)
Genus: Lithobates, Greek – lithos = stone + bates = one that treads or climbs – ref. one that treads on rock or climbs rocks
Species: palustris, Latin = of the marsh — “…or marsh frog”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962