leopard frog
Americannoun
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a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
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any of several similar North American frogs.
Etymology
Origin of leopard frog
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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In early spring, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife collected northern leopard frog eggs and took them to Northwest Trek and the Oregon Zoo to grow from egg masses to tadpoles to froglets.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
The tadpoles include three native species: the leopard frog, the boreal chorus frog and the tiger salamander.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
University of Vermont herpetology lecturer James Andrews estimates that the population of the northern leopard frog has leaped a hundredfold in a region near the Otter Creek in Addison County.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2019
The northern leopard frog lays its eggs in the grassy flood plains of the creek; normally many of those eggs would have dehydrated as fields dried out, but that didn’t happen this year.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2019
That of the bull frog is lower, from 50 to 75; and in the leopard frog the range is from 80 to 125.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
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