Pacific Northwest
Reptiles & Amphibians

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Foothill Yellow-legged Frog - Rana boylii

Baird, 1854

Listen to this frog:

A short example

More sounds of
Rana boylii


Adult, Linn County, Oregon	Adult, Linn County, Oregon	Adult male in underwater calling position, Linn County, Oregon

Adult males breeding interaction, Linn County, Oregon	Calling adult males in breeding pool	Adult male at edge of pool, in air calling postition.

Adult male with paired vocal sacs not inflated (left) inflated (right)		Underside

	Juvenile, Linn County, Oregon

Comparison of Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog with similar sympatric Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog

Left: Adult Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog Right: Adult Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Both frogs were found near each other in the same river in Linn County, Oregon.		Top: Rana boylii Bottom: Rana aurora

Habitat

Habitat, Linn County, Oregon	Breeding habitat, Linn County, Oregon	Habitat, used by tadpoles, Douglas County, Oregon

Short Video

Scenes from a Foothill Yellow-legged Frog breeding site along a river in Oregon, including air and underwater calls. (The underwater calls were not recorded along with the video, they were added later, however, the frogs depicted underwater are male frogs who had been calling.)	A Foothill Yellow-legged frog calls at the edge of a small pool in a river with just its head out of the water, producing a call that can be heard in the air and underwater. The sounds heard here were recorded with an underwater microphone placed about 3 feet behind the frog.
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