Thanks for the correction, Mike!

-Marc

At 10:33 PM 8/6/2012, Mike M wrote:
>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>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>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: <mailto:tweeters at dartfrogmedia.com>Marc Hoffman
>Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:38 PM
>To: <mailto:tiffany.linbo at gmail.com>Tiffany ;
><mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>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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