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Hi, a while back I found two froglets living in a ditch on the roadside in Alberta. I have had them for a month, and I know how to take care of them, as I have lots of other frogs. I have ID'd one as a Boreal chorus frog but the other is mystery. He is beige with lime green spots, one in the shape of an H or a weird X on his back. He likes to rest on the wall of the terrarium. He has an dark brown line going through his eye and half way down hi spine, but has know obvious dorsolateral folds. It is the size of a wood frog froglet, but does not look like one....I have seen lots of wood frogs, but this one isn't one of them. It doesnt look like any of the frogs On the Alberta Amphibians site....Im so confused. Go to this site to see frogs from alberta, but dont be limited by those....mabye they forgot one? www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/amphib/amph.html

Sounds like a Spring Peeper.

NP

A picture would help - but I have a story.

When I was a kid I went to the same church as Dr. Robert C. Stebbins.

During that time, he told me of a new find - a new subspecied of short horned lizard in a place called grasshopper flat in Northern California. This was quite some distance from any other known population of short horned lizards.

Also - during that time, a migration of Enestinas started - and he told me about that. For some unknown reason, Enestina's were migrating from their known population range to the east.

There is also the possibility that you found someone's escaped pet.

Just because a field guide does not list them in your range is not a reason to discount the possibility.

As a side note - my understanding is that the leopard frog population in Alberta is in serious decline.

This makes it possible that there are other smaller species not catalogued there that may become known - as a predatory species declines.