Northern green frog | |
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Female, Tewksbury Township, New Jersey | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ranidae |
Genus: | Lithobates |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | L. c. melanota
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Trinomial name | |
Lithobates clamitans melanota (Rafinesque, 1820)
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Native range | |
Synonyms | |
Rana clamitans melanotus[1] |
The northern green frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota)[2] is a subspecies of the green frog, Lithobates clamitans. It is native to the northeastern North America and has been introduced to British Columbia.[3] Its mating call sounds like the single note of a plucked banjo. It is also quite common in the pet trade.