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title: "Pickerel Frog"
description: "Lithobates palustris — Amfibieën. The pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris, formerly Rana palustris) is a North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly \"hand-drawn\" squares on its dorsal surface."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pickerel-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pickerel Frog

> Lithobates palustris — Amfibieën. The pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris, formerly Rana palustris) is a North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.

- Scientific name: *Lithobates palustris*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 39124
- Wikidata: [Q28035920](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28035920)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66002](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66002)

## Names

- en: Pickerel Frog
- de: Nordamerikanischer Sumpffrosch
- es: Rana de pantano
- fr: Grenouille des marais

## Countries with the most observations

US (34873), CA (2843)

## Summary

The pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris, formerly Rana palustris) is a North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.

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

## Photo

![Pickerel Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pickerel-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9524223

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pickerel-frog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).