Yesterday, February 11, 2008, a few students went out to visit the Meeman-Shelby State Park in Shelby County, Tennessee. The day was partly cloudy, 18 degrees Celsius, and windy conditions. The night before produced a harsh rain that provided ideal condition to search for Herps. This frog was spotted while returning to our car to leave the park. We had searched and found Chorus frogs in a stagnant pool of water. After looking it over once, a Southern Leopard Frog, or Lithobates sphenocephalus , was spotted on the outside of the water. The frog had two dorsolateral folds that went down the entire dorsal side to the groin. It had a pointed snout and elongated head. It had spotting that was very irregular down its dorsal side. It jumped into the water when startled and I was able to take this picture before it disappeared into the stagnant pool.
Vincent Pirani
Memphis, TN
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