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title: "Żaba leśna"
description: "Lithobates sylvaticus — Płazy. Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica, commonly known as the wood frog, is a frog species that has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the boreal forest of the north to the southern Appalachians, with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/wood-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Żaba leśna

> Lithobates sylvaticus — Płazy. Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica, commonly known as the wood frog, is a frog species that has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the boreal forest of the north to the southern Appalachians, with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina.

- Scientific name: *Lithobates sylvaticus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 75087
- Wikidata: [Q4666317](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4666317)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66012)

## Names

- en: Wood Frog
- de: Waldfrosch
- es: Rana del Bosque
- fr: Grenouille des bois
- nl: Boskikker
- pl: Żaba leśna

## Countries with the most observations

US (47368), CA (21051)

## Summary

Lithobates sylvaticus or Rana sylvatica, commonly known as the wood frog, is a frog species that has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the boreal forest of the north to the southern Appalachians, with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina. The wood frog has garnered attention from biologists because of its freeze tolerance, relatively great degree of terrestrialism (for a ranid), interesting habitat associations (peat bogs, vernal pools, uplands), and relatively long-range movements. It is the only North American frog that occurs north of the Arctic Circle…

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

## Photo

![Żaba leśna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wood-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131166876

## Machine access

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