 Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Blanchard's Cricket Frog Scientific name: Acris blanchardi, Harper, 1947 Genus name: Greek for akris which means locust. This refers to their call which sounds like insect song Species name: honors the scientist Frank N. Blanchard source You will also sometimes see this called Rana blanchardi, which is an older name (taxonomists are revising the Genus Rana because of recent genetic studies and the names are in transition). Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide
 Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Great Plains Toad Scientific name: Anaxyrus cognatus, (Say, 1823) Species name: Latin cognatus, meaning "related by birth" source You may also see it called Bufo cognatus which is an older name (taxonomists are in the process of revising the Genus Bufo because of recent genetic studies). Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide  Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Woodhouse's Toad Scientific name: Anaxyrus woodhousii, (Girard, 1854) Species name: in honor of the scientist Samuel W. Woodhouse source You may also find it called Bufo woodhousii, which is an older name (taxonomists are in the process of revising the Genus Bufo because of recent genetic studies). Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide Video on HerpNet
Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Plains Leopard Frog Scientific name: Lithobates blairi, (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown, 1973) Genus: Lithobates is Greek, Litho means "A stone", bates means "One that walks or haunts" You may also find it called Rana blairi, which is an older name (taxonomists are revising the Genus Rana because of recent genetic studies and the names are in transition). Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide (no entry) 
Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Bullfrog Scientific name: Lithobates catesbeianus, (Shaw, 1802) Genus: Lithobates is Greek, Litho means "A stone", bates means "One that walks or haunts" Species: named in honor of Mark Catesby source You may also find it called Rana catesbeiana, which is an older name (taxonomists are revising the Genus Rana because of recent genetic studies and the names are in transition). Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide Kansas Herp Atlas Video on HerpNet  Photo: Suzanne Collins Common name: Plains Spadefoot Scientific name: Spea bombifrons, (Cope, 1863) Genus: Greek speos which means cave, cavern Species: Greek bombos, which means buzzing and Latin frons, which means leaf or frond source Northern Plains Research Center ID Guide Kansas Herp Atlas Video on The Music of Nature Joe Collins provided this list of frogs and toads that live in the Kansas River corridor. Photos were generously provided by Suzanne Collins. |
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Frogs and Toads: distribution maps, audio files of mating calls, descriptions, etc. | Mar 26, 2012, 6:42 AM | Dr. Cynthia Annett | |||
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What the Latin scientific names of frogs and toads mean in English | Mar 26, 2012, 6:36 AM | Dr. Cynthia Annett |
