Southern leopard frog

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phylum Chordata The southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus or Rana sphenocephala is a medium sized anuran in the family Ranidae (The True Frogs). It is native to eastern North America from Kansas to New York to Florida. It is also an introduced species in some areas. This species lives in cool, clear water in the north, whereas in the south it occurs in warmer turbid and murky waters of coastal and floodplain swamps, twilight zones of caves, and abandoned mines.

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class Amphibia
order Anura
family Ranidae
genus Lithobates
species L. sphenocephalus