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Frog species identification (pictures)


mainbutter

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I didn't know what sub forum to put this under, so to Open Water it goes.

Long story short, we found an albino/amelanistic/strange colored frog, and we'd love to identify the species.

At first I was thinking it was a mink frog, because I'd seen some frogs in the river that I THOUGHT were mink frogs Rana septentrionalis. However today we went and caught some of the ones that I thought were mink frogs, and now I'm thinking they're just green frogs Rana clamitans. Based on geography and pattern/body type, I think we've eliminated all the other MN species of the genus Rana(bull frog, northern leopard frog, etc).. but I'm more of a snake/lizard guy and my frog knowledge is lacking.

So, given that we believe we found only green frogs (and large numbers of them) at the rivers' edge, we're guessing this guy is also a green frog. However, if anyone has any other thoughts on the matter, I'd love to hear 'em.

Here's pictures of the typical frogs (we currently believe are green frogs) we're seeing around here, they have green lips and brown bodies with white undersides.. we were not able to find any males however.

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Here's the froggy in question that we really are most interested in identifying:

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Thanks for the replies guys!

@ gobluem, yeah I agree at the very least she is malnourished, but I'm crossing my fingers she'll be a fat, healthy frog if short order. Luckily she isn't sluggish or exhibiting any behaviors that would make me question her health! She even ate some small crickets today.

Wish us luck with her laugh I've found a handful of reports of albino green frogs found in the wild, but not tons by any means. It sure is neat to have stumbled across such a unique animal essentially just in your back yard laugh

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