Common Name: Pickerel Frog  
Scientific Name: Lithobates palustris (Pickerel Frog) formerly Rana palustris
Etymology:
Genus: Lithobates is Greek, Litho means "A stone", bates means "One that walks or haunts"
 Species: palustris is Latin meaning "of the marsh"
Average Length: 1.8 - 3 in. (5.7 - 10 cm)
Virginia Record Length: 
Record length: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm)

 

Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service: Species Booklet

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s. leopard frog
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 pickerel frog
   
     
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