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title: "Rio Grande Leopard Frog"
description: "Lithobates berlandieri — Amfibieën. The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri or Rana berlandieri) is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rio-grande-leopard-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rio Grande Leopard Frog

> Lithobates berlandieri — Amfibieën. The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri or Rana berlandieri) is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Lithobates berlandieri*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 10440
- Wikidata: [Q59812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65975)

## Names

- en: Rio Grande Leopard Frog
- es: Rana leopardo
- fr: Grenouille léopard du Rio Grande

## Countries with the most observations

US (5942), MX (1428)

## Summary

The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri or Rana berlandieri) is a species of aquatic frog native to the southern United States in Texas and New Mexico, and south through Mexico and Central America. It is also sometimes referred to as the Mexican leopard frog. The epithet berlandieri is in honor of the naturalist Jean Louis Berlandier, who worked for the Mexican government on one of the first biological surveys of Texas.

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

## Photo

![Rio Grande Leopard Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rio-grande-leopard-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Evelyn Lazzaretti 🏳️‍⚧️ · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114368819

## Machine access

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