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title: "Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog"
description: "Rana sierrae — Anfibi. The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) is a true frog endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sierra-nevada-yellow-legged-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog

> Rana sierrae — Anfibi. The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) is a true frog endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States.

- Scientific name: *Rana sierrae*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 639
- Wikidata: [Q3418762](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3418762)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67022](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67022)

## Names

- en: Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
- es: Rana de Patas Amarillas de La Sierra Nevada
- fr: Grenouille à pattes jaunes de la Sierra Nevada

## Countries with the most observations

US (584)

## Summary

The Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) is a true frog endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States. R. sierrae was formerly considered R. muscosa, until a 2007 study identified populations north of the Middle Fork Kings River (north of the Monarch Divide and Mather Pass in Kings Canyon National Park) as R. sierrae, with R. muscosa then confined to the southern Sierra Nevada, south of the Middle Fork Kings River and west of the Sierra Crest, and within the transverse ranges of southern California.
Once abundant in the Sierra Nevada, some estimates suggest populations of R…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_yellow-legged_frog

## Photo

![Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sierra-nevada-yellow-legged-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kenny · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232058216

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sierra-nevada-yellow-legged-frog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).