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Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) - Green Frog

Maps

Locality Map

Locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

County Map

County map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
County map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Historical Locality Map

Historical locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Historical locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares ( ) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles ( ) represent records prior to 1966. Note that more recent records might conceal underlying older records.
Map created 3 August 2022.

Historical County Map

Historical county map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Historical county map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog). Black circles ( ) represent records after 1986, blue squares ( ) represent records between 1966 and 1986, orange triangles ( ) represent records prior to 1966. Note that only the most recent county record for each county is shown.
Map created 3 August 2022.

Ecological Drainage Locality Map

Ecological Drainage Units map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Ecological Drainage Units locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Natural Divisions Locality Map

Natural Divisions locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Natural Divisions and Sections locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Major Watersheds Locality Map

Major watersheds map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Major Watersheds locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level I Ecoregion Locality Map

Level I Ecoregions map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Level I Ecoregion locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level II Ecoregion Locality Map

Level II Ecoregions map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Level II Ecoregion locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level III Ecoregion Locality Map

Level III Ecoregions map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Level III Ecoregion locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Level IV Ecoregion Locality Map

Level IV Ecoregions map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog)
Level IV Ecoregion locality map for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog).
Map created 3 August 2022.

Native Status

Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog) is native to Missouri.

Collection Summary

Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog) has a total of 330 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 77 counties and 229 localities. There are a total of 145 collectors and 225 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 246 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1885 and its most recent collection year is 2021. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are February 2 and November 26, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog) by county. Some values are unavailable since some records are represented solely by historical literature reports, which sometimes lack complete collecting data. Click on a county name to view more information about that county. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
County Localities Collections Collectors Dates Expeditions Earliest Year Latest Year
Adair 1 1 1 1 1 2017 2017
Audrain 3 4 3 3 3 1999 2020
Barry 2 4 3 4 4 1927 1965
Benton 2 3 2 2 2 1963 2019
Bollinger 4 4 5 4 4 1931 1981
Boone 8 12 6 10 10 1912 2013
Butler 4 11 6 8 8 1897 1995
Callaway 3 3 3 2 2 2000 2020
Camden 2 2 2 2 2 1965 1978
Cape Girardeau 4 7 5 4 4 1973 2007
Carter 5 9 7 7 7 1930 1965
Christian 4 5 8 4 5 1991 2020
Clark 2 2 2 1 2 1995 1995
Clay 1 1 1 1 1 1917 1917
Cole 2 2 1 2 2 2007 2008
Cooper 1 1 3 1 1 1997 1997
Crawford 6 9 9 7 8 1937 1988
Dallas 1 1 2 1 1 2001 2001
Dent 2 4 3 3 3 1909 1964
Douglas 2 2 2 2 2 2000 2014
Dunklin 1 4 2 3 3 1904 1904
Franklin 1 1 2 1 1 1932 1932
Gasconade 5 5 6 4 5 1991 2013
Greene 2 2 2 2 2 1966 1966
Hickory 3 3 3 3 3 1967 2016
Howard 2 3 1 2 2 2002 2011
Howell 1 1 3 1 1 2002 2002
Iron 1 1 1 1 1 1933 1933
Jefferson 6 8 9 4 5 1932 2015
Knox 2 2 2 2 2 1994 2003
Laclede 2 4 5 2 4 1964 1999
Lewis 1 7 1 3 3 1996 1996
Lincoln 4 7 6 4 5 1963 2011
Linn 1 1 3 1 1 2003 2003
Macon 3 3 3 3 3 1996 2021
Madison 4 4 7 4 4 1976 2007
Maries 2 3 3 2 3 1994 2001
McDonald 3 3 3 3 3 1967 2009
Miller 4 11 7 4 4 1942 2006
Mississippi 1 1 1 1 1 2007 2007
Moniteau 1 1 2 1 1 1992 1992
Monroe 4 5 5 4 4 1992 2019
Montgomery 6 7 7 6 6 1967 2021
New Madrid 2 4 2 2 2 1923 1939
Newton 1 2 1 1 1 1944 1944
Oregon 7 9 7 8 8 1939 2004
Osage 1 1 1 1 1 1999 1999
Ozark 2 2 2 2 2 1902 1970
Pemiscot 1 1 1 1 1 1923 1923
Perry 6 6 8 5 5 1988 1995
Pettis 1 1 2 1 1 2002 2002
Phelps 5 5 4 5 5 1999 2015
Pike 8 11 6 8 8 1992 2017
Pulaski 4 7 4 4 4 1929 2004
Putnam 1 1 4 1 1 2021 2021
Ralls 2 2 2 2 2 1971 1999
Randolph 1 2 2 1 1 1997 1997
Reynolds 4 4 3 3 4 1939 1963
Ripley 3 3 3 3 3 2000 2007
Saint Charles 1 1 1 1 1 1903 1903
Sainte Genevieve 1 1 1 1 1 1994 1994
Saint Francois 3 3 4 3 3 1950 2008
Saint Louis 2 4 4 3 4 1885 1959
Saline 1 1 3 1 1 2005 2005
Scotland 2 5 4 2 2 1986 2021
Scott 1 1 1 1 1 2001 2001
Shannon 9 18 7 10 10 1940 1965
Shelby 1 1 1 1 1 1997 1997
Stoddard 6 10 10 9 9 1929 2019
Stone 7 11 8 7 8 1906 2019
Taney 5 5 7 5 5 1962 2020
Texas 1 1 1 1 1 2004 2004
Warren 2 4 3 3 3 1975 1982
Washington 3 3 3 2 2 1909 2020
Wayne 10 17 11 12 13 1939 2010
Webster 1 1 4 1 1 1961 1961
Wright 3 5 3 3 3 1950 2015

Potential County Records

Potential counties for Lithobates clamitans (Green Frog). Counties are listed in descending order of their likelihood of having this species. Click on a county to view more information about that county. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
Likelihood County Rationale Ecoregion / Watershed
2 Chariton Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
2 Marion Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Upper Mississippi Alluvial Plain
2 Morgan Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Osage/Gasconade Hills
2 Polk Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Springfield Plateau
2 Saint Clair Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Springfield Plateau
2 Schuyler Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
2 Sullivan Same Level IV ecoregion, within 5 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
4 Cedar Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles Springfield Plateau
4 Lawrence Same Level IV ecoregion, within 10 miles Springfield Plateau
6 Dade Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Springfield Plateau
6 Henry Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Osage/Gasconade Hills
6 Henry Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Wooded Osage Plains
6 Jasper Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Springfield Plateau
6 Johnson Same Level IV ecoregion, within 20 miles Wooded Osage Plains
8 Carroll Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Grundy Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Lafayette Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Wooded Osage Plains
8 Livingston Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
8 Mercer Same Level IV ecoregion, within 30 miles Loess Flats and Till Plains
10 Clinton Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Loess Flats and Till Plains
10 Jackson Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Wooded Osage Plains
10 Platte Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Loess Flats and Till Plains
10 Ray Same Level IV ecoregion, adjacent county Loess Flats and Till Plains

Linnaean Classification

Kingdom:
Animalia - Animals
Phylum:
Chordata - Chordates
Subphylum:
Vertebrata - Vertebrates
Class:
Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians
Order:
Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 - Frogs
Family:
Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 - True Frogs
Genus:
Lithobates Fitzinger, 1843 - American Water Frogs
Species:
Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) - Green Frog

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms