California Anurans

amphibians lab practical

Family Ranidae: Rana aurora

medium-large, dorsolateral ridges, long legs, northern CA coast range, low elevation

Family Ranidae: Rana draytonii

medium-small, dorsolateral ridges, sacral bumps, long back legs. range used to be entire central valley watershed, driven out of central valley, low elevation

Family Ranidae: Rana muscosa

jar only, medium, sacral bumps, long back legs. high altitude only, southern CA and south sierras range

Family Ranidae: Rana sierrae

jar only, medium, sacral bumps, long back legs. high altitude only, sierra mountain except southern bit

Family Ranidae: Rana pipiens

medium-large, dorsolateral ridges, sacral bumps, long back legs, strong leopard pattern. low elevation

Family Ranidae: Rana berlandieri

small-medium, dorsolateral folds, sacral bumps, long back legs, weak leopard pattern. low elevation, invasive

Family Ranidae: Rana catesbeiana

large-medium, sacral bump, long back legs, supratympanic fold. invasive, low elevation

Family Ranidae: Rana boylii

small, sacral bumps, long back legs, low elevation

Family Ranidae: Rana cascadae

medium, dorsolateral ridge, long back legs, white lip in photo. med elevation, cascades mountain range in WA and OR

Family Bufonidae: Bufo boreas

medium, cranial crests, paratoids far apart, white dorsal stripe, very widespread range

Family Bufonidae: Bufo californicus

small, no cranial crests, no dorsal stripe, paratoids far apart

Family Bufonidae: Bufo punctatus

medium, photo of red spots, small paratoids, no dorsal stripe

Family Bufonidae: Bufo woodhousii

medium, elongated paratoids, prominent cranial crests, spots and bumps correlate, southern california range

Family Bufonidae: Bufo cognatus

medium, elongated paratoids, cranial crests angle into each other, spots and bumps dont correlate, southern california range

Family Bufonidae: Bufo canorus

medium, strong patterning. high elevation sierras only

Family Bufonidae: Bufo exsul

medium, black, paratoid glands

Family Bufonidae: Bufo microscaphus

small, paratoid glands

Family Hylidae: Pseudacris regilla

small, green with eye stripe in photo, widespread range

Family Hylidae: Pseudacris cadaverina

small, pale with no eye stripe in photo, southern CA coast range

Family Scaphipodidae: Scaphiopus couchii

small-medium, spade foot, restricted southeast california range

Family Scaphipodidae: Spea hammondii

small, spade foot, central valley and coastal range

Family Scaphipodidae: Spea intermontana

small-medium, spade foot, boss nose, northeast california range

Family Ascaphidae: Ascaphus truei

medium-small, tailed frog

Family Pipidae, Xenopus laevis

large, penislike in texture and shape, hard clawlike toe growths. invasive