Tiffany and Marc,

Not likely a leopard frog. They only occur in a few counties in Easter Washington and have never been recorded west of the Cascades. They are two species of frogs in with spots in western WA. This looks to me like a Cascades Frog. They do occur in your county but most importantly the dorsolateral folds or ridges are clearly visible in your photo. Check out the species account on the Washington Herp Atlas. http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/herp/speciesmain.html
The key features picture at http://www1.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/herp/html/feat_raca.html clearly shows the ridges which are distinctive for the four species of frogs with spots in Washington.

Mike Munts
Colville

From: Marc Hoffman
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:38 PM
To: Tiffany ; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] off topic - frog id question

Hi Tiffany,

That is a Northern Leopard Frog. Nice photo! Here are more, on Google images:
http://tinyurl.com/8plsrs8

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA

At 09:26 PM 8/6/2012, Tiffany wrote:

For any frog-o-phile, I have an identification question of a frog I found over the weekend. It is in a pond that my father-in-law created on his farm in Puyallup. While I have seen many Pacific Treefrogs on his farm, this is the first time I've seen this frog there. Here's a link to a picture.
http://linboblueberries.com/images/rana.jpg
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Tiffany Linbo
Mountlake Terrace, WA


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