California Red Legged Frog Range
These frogs discovered by Sean Barry in Butte County in 1997 are some of the last known California Red-legged Frogs remaining in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
California red legged frog range. The federally threatened California red-legged frog Rana aurora draytonii has disappeared from much of its range for unknown reasons. Adult females reach a larger body size up to 100 mm SVL than do males up to 70 mm SVL. They were the inspiration for writer Mark Twains short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Range Information Candidate Info Federal Register. Rana aurora is native from southwest British Columbia including Vancouver Island south along the Pacific Coast to Mendocino County California. Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog.
A related subspecies Rana aurora aurora persists in northern California and ranges north into British Columbia. The first Rana aurora aurora or the Northern Red-legged frog occupies the extreme northwestern corner of Calfornia north to southern British Columbia west of the Cascade crest. Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog.
California Red-Legged Frog Range - CWHR A071 ds587 SDE Feature Class Tags amphibians biota habitat natural resources wildlife California species environment. The species was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1996. They were the inspiration for writer Mark Twains short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Its well-known for being the frog featured in Mark Twains short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and is named for the reddish coloring on the underside of its legs and belly. Earlier this year the scientists collected eggs from a genetically similar population of red-legged frogs in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir mountain range in Mexico and transported them to Riverside and San Diego counties California. The frog ranges from sea level to about 8000 ft 24384 m in elevation Stebbins 2003.
Unfortunately Mark Twains famous Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County has all. Adult Santa Cruz County with a transmitter attached to its waist. It ranges between 2-5 in 5-127 cm in length.
