19 Fresh Mountain Yellow Legged Frog

mountain yellow legged frog Yellow legged FrogThe mountain yellow legged frog is a moderate sized approximately 40 to 80 millimeters mm 1 5 to 3 25 inches snout vent length ranid frog As is common with ranid frogs females average slightly larger than males and males have a swollen darkened thumb base mountain yellow legged frog Reptiles mt yellow legged frogThe mountain yellow legged frog is a medium sized amphibian measuring about 1 5 to 3 25 inches on average Females tend to be slightly larger than males Adult frogs a mix of brown and yellow coloring on their upper dorsal body but can also be grey red or greenish brown usually with dark spots or splotches called cryptic coloration

mountain yellow legged frog has two different populations that have been declared separate subspecies a northern and central Sierra Nevada population and a southern Sierra Nevada and Southern California population mountain yellow legged frog californiaherps frogs pages r muscosa htmlIn August 2016 the U S Fish and Wildlife Service announced the designation of 1 8 million acres of protected critical habitat in the Sierra Nevada mountains for Rana sierrae the Sierra Nevada Yellow legged Frog the northern population of Rana muscosa the Southern Mountain Yellow legged Frog and Anaxyrus canorus the Yosemite Toad mylfrogLatest News On February 2 2012 the California Fish and Game Commission voted 5 0 to add both species of the mountain yellow legged frog to the list of animals protected under the California Endangered Species Act

rows U S FWS Species profile for the Mountain Yellow Legged frog Rana muscosa including DATECITATION PAGETITLE2006 09 12 00 00 00 071 FR 53756 53835Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Propos 2000 10 12 00 00 00 065 FR 60603 6060590 Day Finding on a Petition To List the Mountain Yello 2013 04 25 00 00 00 078 FR 24515 24574Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Yello 2004 05 04 00 00 00 069 FR 24876 24904Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for L See all 37 rows on ecos fws gov mountain yellow legged frog mylfrogLatest News On February 2 2012 the California Fish and Game Commission voted 5 0 to add both species of the mountain yellow legged frog to the list of animals protected under the California Endangered Species Act library sandiegozoo factsheets california frog frog htmMountain Yellow Legged Frog Site Authored by research biologist Roland Knapp CaliforniaHerps Information and Sound Recordings for all California frogs Amphibia Web From the University of California