Rana clamitans (Latreille, 1801)

Jones, Dillon, Foshee, Bethany & Fitzgerald, Lee, 2021, A herpetological survey of Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, Check List 17 (1), pp. 27-38 : 32

Rana clamitans (Latreille, 1801)

Examined material. UNITED STATES • 5 via sur- vey, 6 via iNaturalist; Texas, Harris County, Houston ; 29.7713°N, 095.5700°W; first encounter on 17 Feb. 2018; capture via transect survey .

Identification. This species is characterized by a green, brown or bronze color. The eardrum is rather conspicuous and twice the size of the eye in Males. This species can be identified from Rana catesbeiana and Rana sphenocephala (Cope, 1868) due to its prominent dorsolateral folds that extend approximately two-thirds the length of the body but do not reach the groin ( Powell et al. 2016). A number of authors use Lithobates as the genus name for this species. We use Rana , following Yuan et al. (2016).