Talk:Leopard frog

Chemical sensitivity
After reading a comment that saying someone developed a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity after Malathion spraying of their home, I read the article about that chemical and it said this:

"Although current EPA regulations do not require amphibian testing, a 2008 study done by the University of Pittsburgh found that "cocktails of contaminants", which are frequently found in nature, were lethal to leopard frog tadpoles. They found that a combination of five widely used insecticides (carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, endosulfan, and malathion) in concentrations far below the limits set by the EPA killed 99% of leopard frog tadpoles" reference http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081111183041.htm

"Endosulfan appears to be about 1,000-times more lethal to amphibians than other pesticides that we have examined,” Relyea said. “Unfortunately, pesticide regulations do not require amphibian testing, so very little is known about endosulfan's impact on amphibians, despite being sprayed in the environment for more than five decades"

It's not clear if that's specific to the leopard frog though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:14B8:100:2A9:0:0:0:2 (talk) 18:07, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Egg Size
"tadpoles emerge approximately 65–83 mm in length" -- Seems to be an enormous overstatement. I've seen a lot of tadpoles of the Northern species, and I've seen the egg masses from which they've emerged. Even at a few weeks old, the tadpoles aren't more than 5 mm long. There's no way the tadpoles emerge 65 mm long. I doubt, even, that they ever get that large--I've seen many adults smaller than that. For perspective, 63 to 88 mm = 6.3 to 8.8 cm = 2.5 to 3.5 in. --The Berzerk Dragon 03:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Improvement Drive
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redirect?
Why does Northern Leopard Frog redirect to this page, yet all the other leopard frogs such as the Southern Leopard Frog do not? If no one objects I will create a new article for the Northern Leopard Frog, and remove the redirect.--Tnarg1 2 3 4  5 08:41, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have gone and created the new article for Northern Leopard Frog.--Tnarg1 2 3 4  5 10:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Decline
I removed (as several have before me) the sentence
 * The frogs of the reserve offen get caught by little native boys and thats whats bring these frogs down

I believe this should be cited and may represent original research. Thoughts or references on this? --TeaDrinker 16:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC) As there is no citation, no locality of any kind, and no context, I would suggest simply deleting this comment. FrogO Oeyes (talk) 21:51, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

leopard frog
When you buy a Leopard frog from the pet store you would fine that they like to dig in the dret. That is clled breowing.When they breowing you shuold leave them alone —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.78.5 (talk) 23:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

New Frog in Manhattan
A new species of Leopard frog was discovered in Manhattan of all places. Seems like a peculiar enough story, perhaps worth mentioning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.197.145 (talk) 10:35, 14 March 2012 (UTC) Publications concerning this species report that it is a sibling to the pickerel frog, a species which is related to leopard frogs, but not included in this entry. Consequently, the new species should be excluded from the entry, or pickerel frogs should be added. FrogO Oeyes (talk) 21:51, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Academic Bias in Leopard Frog Entries
The statement in Taxonomy: "Lithobates, however, is no longer recognized as a genus by most authors.[1][2][3]" is false and represents an institutional bias, in that all of the relevant references come from a single lab responsible for previously rejected name changes, whereas the Center for North American Herpetology and many [most or all? I have not surveyed] government agencies in North America now use Lithobates. viz - http://www.cnah.org/Default.aspx Likewise - http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&id=25055 While the latter can be considered a source of opposing bias, this bias provides balance for that already entrenched in this entry. Furthermore, Frost has frequently altered his listings to reflect accepted and contradictory views rather than those which are essentially his own [such as use of Ascaphidae and Nasikabatrachidae in the previous list, as opposed to previous proposals to include these in Leiopelmatidae and Sooglossidae respectively]. FrogO Oeyes (talk) 21:51, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Opening of Article
The statement: "They are also found in Europe." is not supported by a reference. This species group is endemic to North America and does not naturally occur in Europe. The article contains no citation of European populations, native or introduced.

It appears that a large number of recognized species have not been included in this entry: Lithobates brownorum, Lithobates chichicuahutl, Lithobates dunni, Lithobates forreri, Lithobates lemosespinali, Lithobates megapoda, Lithobates montezumae, Lithobates spectabilis, Lithobates tlaloci, http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&id=25055 Separate headings for a small number of species are listed as Lithobates, while most are under Rana still. FrogO Oeyes (talk) 21:51, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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