American Water Frogs
Lithobates
Lithobates is a subgenus or genus of true frogs, of the family Ranidae. The name is derived from litho- (stone) and the Greek bates (βάτης, one that treads), meaning one that treads on rock, or rock climber.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 44 known species
North American Green Frog
speciesLithobates clamitans
American Bullfrog
speciesLithobates catesbeianus
Wood Frog
speciesLithobates sylvaticus
Northern Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates pipiens
Pickerel Frog
speciesLithobates palustris
Southern Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates sphenocephalus
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates berlandieri
Plains Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates blairi
Mink Frog
speciesLithobates septentrionalis
Pig Frog
speciesLithobates grylio
Brilliant Forest Frog
speciesLithobates warszewitschii
Central American Water Frog
speciesLithobates macroglossa
Vaillant's Frog
speciesLithobates vaillanti
Chiricahua Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates chiricahuensis
Forrer's Grass Frog
speciesLithobates forreri
Montezuma Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates montezumae
Lowland Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates yavapaiensis
Carpenter Frog
speciesLithobates virgatipes
Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates kauffeldi
Highland Frog
speciesLithobates maculatus
Crawfish Frog
speciesLithobates areolatus
Gopher Frog
speciesLithobates capito
showy leopard frog
speciesLithobates spectabilis
Amazon River Frog
speciesLithobates palmipes
Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates magnaocularis
River Frog
speciesLithobates heckscheri
Lenca Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates lenca
Zweifel's Frog
speciesLithobates zweifeli
Relict Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates onca
Green-eyed Frog
speciesLithobates vibicarius
Mexican Cascades Frog
speciesLithobates pustulosus
Smooth-backed Frog
speciesLithobates psilonota
Rio Chipillico Frog
speciesLithobates bwana
Tarahumara Frog
speciesLithobates tarahumarae
Julian's frog
speciesLithobates juliani
Sierra Madre Occidental Frog
speciesLithobates sierramadrensis
Dusky Gopher Frog
speciesLithobates sevosus
Florida Bog Frog
speciesLithobates okaloosae
Bigfoot Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates megapoda
Moore's Frog
speciesLithobates johni
Vegas Valley Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates fisheri
Guerreran Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates omiltemanus
Lemos-Espinal's Leopard Frog
speciesLithobates lemosespinali
Patzcuaro Frog
speciesLithobates dunni
Puebla Frog
speciesLithobates pueblae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lithobates in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60340.