What is "leopard frog"

n. Any of several North American frogs, most of which are green with black spots.

n. common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots [syn: spring frog, Rana pipiens]

A leopard frog (sometimes called a meadow frog) can mean any frog of about 14 species within the true frog genus Lithobates. They are generally similarly colored—green with prominent black spotting that sometimes appears as a leopard pattern. They are distinguished by their distribution and certain rather subtle ecological, behavioral, morphological and genetic traits. Their range in the North-American subcontinent extends throughout temperate and subtropical North America to northern Mexico, with some species found even further south. They are also found in Europe.