Presently JFRI is concentrating on the following Sierra natives. For more information about a particular frog or toad, click on the appropriate link below. California Red-Legged Frog California Toad Cascade Frog Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Northern Leopard Frog Pacific Tree Frog Western Spadefoot Yosemite Toad California Red-Legged Frog Latin Name: Rana aurora draytonii Status: threatened (see press release) Habitat: lowlands, foothills photo credit: Dr. Alan E. Leviton California Toad Latin Name: Bufo boreas halophilus Status: stable or expanding Habitat: lowlands, foothills, higher elevations photo credit: Jens V. Vindum Cascade Frog Latin Name: Rana cascadae Status: endangered Habitat: foothills, higher elevations photo credit: Harry Greene Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog Latin Name: Rana boylii Status: threatened Habitat: foothills photo credit: Harry Greene Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Latin Name: Rana muscosa Status: threatened (see press release 3/12/2001: Sixty day intention to sue over listing filed with FWS by CBD and PRC) Habitat: higher elevations photo credit: Vance Vredenburg Northern Leopard Frog Latin Name: Rana pipiens Status: threatened Habitat: higher elevations   Pacific Tree Frog Latin Name: Hyla regilla Status: stable or expanding Habitat: lowlands, foothills, higher elevations Listen to the call (you will need the free flash plugin): sound credit: Carlos Davidson photo credit: Vance Vredenburg Western Spadefoot Latin Name: Scaphiopus hammondii Status: special concern Habitat: lowlands, foothills photo credit: Frank E. (Ed) Ely Yosemite Toad Latin Name: Bufo canorus Status: candidate for listing (see press release 3/12/2001: Sixty day intention to sue over listing filed with FWS by CBD and PRC) Habitat: higher elevations photo credit: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles To enjoy hours of frog and toad calls, you can buy the cd, "Frog and Toad Calls of the Pacific Coast" from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. In addition to twenty-five individual calls, there is a section comparing similar sounding calls, a testing section, and a finale: longer choruses.

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