Rana
HumboldtHerps.com
Genus - Rana
SIGHTINGS pictures for this genus are listed below. This is to assist in visual
comparisons, as texts for this page are still yet unwritten.
comparisons, as texts for this page are still yet unwritten.
| FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG (Rana boylii) |
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (juvenile) Trinity River near Camp Kimtu
Willow Creek, CA (Humboldt County) September 11, 2005
Willow Creek, CA (Humboldt County) September 11, 2005
Ranids (True Frogs) Family - Ranidae
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (adult) Smith River near Panther Flat
Willow Creek, CA (Del Norte County) September 11, 2006
Willow Creek, CA (Del Norte County) September 11, 2006
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (sub-adult)
Horse Linto Creek near Willow Creek, CA
(Humboldt County)
April 1, 2007
Horse Linto Creek near Willow Creek, CA
(Humboldt County)
April 1, 2007
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
(adult)
[red-backed specimen]
Klamath River at Aiken's
Creek near Orleans, CA
(adult)
[red-backed specimen]
Klamath River at Aiken's
Creek near Orleans, CA
(sub-adult)
So. Fk. Salmon River
near Matthew's Creek
(Siskiyou County)
June 29, 2007
So. Fk. Salmon River
near Matthew's Creek
(Siskiyou County)
June 29, 2007
(sub-adult)
Aiken's Creek
(Humboldt County)
April 29, 2007
Aiken's Creek
(Humboldt County)
April 29, 2007
(juvenile)
So. Fk. Salmon River
near Matthew's Creek
(Siskiyou County)
July 17, 2007
So. Fk. Salmon River
near Matthew's Creek
(Siskiyou County)
July 17, 2007
(sub-adult)
No. Fk. Trinity River
near Helena,CA
(Trinity County)
July 22, 2007
No. Fk. Trinity River
near Helena,CA
(Trinity County)
July 22, 2007
(adult)
So. Fk. Chetco River
east of Brookings, OR
July 28, 2007
So. Fk. Chetco River
east of Brookings, OR
July 28, 2007
| Rana boylii in Captivity SOMEWHAT ADAPTABLE / HIGH MAINTENANCE NOT RECOMMENDED |
| These young adults were two among perhaps up to thirty hopping the lengths of a creek/seepage along Blair Road (west of Hoopa) (east Humboldt County) May 9, 2008 |
| Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs at Redwood Creek, Redwood National and State Parks |
| Egg mass, tadpoles, and froglet near Tall Trees |
| 3 adults at Tom McDonald Creek |
| (No. Humboldt County) June 11, 2008 |
| Yellow-legs - South Fork Trinity River July 5, 2008 |
| Yellow-legs - Smith River Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park (Del Norte County) July 9, 2008 |
For additional information on the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, please follow the
CaliforniaHerps link; Gary Nafis also has some great posted sound clips for many of
our local frogs.
http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/r.boylii.html
CaliforniaHerps link; Gary Nafis also has some great posted sound clips for many of
our local frogs.
http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/r.boylii.html
2 Yellow-legs - North Fork Trinity River near Helena, CA (Trinity County) May 17, 2009
GPS
4 Yellow-legs - New River near Denny, CA (Trinity Co.)
July 10 - 11, 2009
We counted a total of 9 frogs and 6 tadpoles at 3 GPS points; all
3 points were realtively close to one another.
July 10 - 11, 2009
We counted a total of 9 frogs and 6 tadpoles at 3 GPS points; all
3 points were realtively close to one another.
Walker River Bar,
Smith River, RNSP
(Del Norte County)
May 17, 2009
Smith River, RNSP
(Del Norte County)
May 17, 2009
5 Yellow-legs - Matthew's Creek, South Fork Salmon River (SW Siskiyou County)
Aug 13-16, 2009 5 GPS points
Aug 13-16, 2009 5 GPS points
| Continued sightings (most all have photographs on file) 2010-04-26 1 yearling - seep pond 1/4 mi. uphill from Mad River near town of Mad River (Trinity County) NO GPS 2010-07-14 1 yearling, few tadpoles - Redwood Creek near Tall Trees, Redwood National Park (Humboldt Co.) NO GPS 2010-07-28 1 sub-adult, few tadpoles - Redwood Creek near Tall Trees NO GPS 2010-08 (08-10) 3 adults, 1 sub-adult,+, few tadpoles - Matthew's Creek, So. Fk. Salmon River (SW Siskiyou Co.) NO GPS Variability at Matthew's Creek: gray-green reddish-brown head light mottling heavy mottling |
