Lithobates Sphenocephalus

Lithobates sphenocephalus[1][4] or Rana sphenocephala, [5][6][7] commonly known as the southern leopard frog, is a medium-sized anuran in the family Ranidae (the true frogs). The southern leopard. Lithobates sphenocephalus is Greek. Litho means “a stone;” bates means “one that walks or haunts;” sphenocephalus means “wedge headed.” The common name, southern leopard frog, comes from the. Their scientific name, Lithobates sphenocephalus, is a mashup of greek words, the genus name meaning one that treads on rock and the species name meaning wedge-shaped head. A quick. Formerly in the genus Rana, the southern leopard frog was reclassified into the genus Lithobates in 2006 along with several other species of water frogs that occur in New York. It is more closely related. Evol., 63: 445–455, noted, but did not name a previously undetected species related to either Lithobates sphenocephalus, Lithobates palustris, or Lithobates pipiens, with a range of northern New Jersey,.