Wood frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the wood frog lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lithobates sylvaticus
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Ranidae

Where does the wood frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wood frog in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the wood frog endangered?

The wood frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wood frog?

The wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Ranidae, genus Lithobates. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the wood frog

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 in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wood frog (revision 1379343580), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q4666317 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).