Pickerel frog

Pickerel frog

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. palustris
Binomial name
Lithobates palustris
(Le Conte, 1825)
Pickerel frog range
Synonyms

Rana palustris LeConte, 1825
Rana pardalis Harlan, 1826

The pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris, formerly Rana palustris) is a small North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.