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Rana pipiens
Northern Leopard Frog
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Photographer: James Harding
Collection: AmphibiaWeb
ID: 1111 1111 1111 5034 (2006-05-26)Copyright © 2006 James H. Harding
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Mar 1, 2004
latitude 42.60000 longitude -84.38333 max error distance 26451 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocategeoreferencing remarks vague, entire countylocation
Ingham County (Michigan, US)family
Ranidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
habitat small pond in wetland complexnotes This frog was dead in shallow water, found just after the ice melted on the pond. The frog shows the symptom called 'red leg,' which may rrepresent a bacterial infection due to a suppressed immune system, in turn possibly due to an unknown environmental stress. Leopard Frog numbers plummeted in Michigan in the 1960s and 1970s, and still have not fully recovered-- populations in lower mid-Michigan are unstable. It is not unusual to find dead Leopard Frogs in early spring; Green Frogs (Rana clamitans) living in this same habitat do not show this symptom or similar mortality.camera Nikon N90S 35mm
photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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Northern Leopard Frog (AW )
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