On February 24, 2009 the students from the College of Charleston explored the swampy area of James Island, Charleston to find turtles. We were unlucky enough to not find any turtles, but we did find this Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala). It's skin was very dark brown, with large dark spots on its legs. It's webbed toes led us to distinguish it as part of the Ranoid family, and it's two ridges going down its back (not shown in the picture) as well as it's dark spots led us to distinguish it as the Southern Leopard frog.
Shahila Sriskanda
SC
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