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okay i was in the valley just out side of williams lake b.c.(which is sort of central b.c.) on my uncles farm and he has a stream that goes through it and i caught a large frog that from the top greatly resembled a wood frog, on its underside its belly was mottled orange and red and as it went down to the hind legs it turned solid red..... overall with its legs stretched out it was probably about 6-7", from snout to toes.

does anyone know what this maybe was?
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CHONG188

Or maybe Spotted Frog. Perhaps you should just label it as dead meat and have frog legs for dinner.

yes it might be a spotted frog, definitly not a leopard frog those are every where around here in saskatchewan and im sure they would look still relatively the same in b.c., this frog did not have the 2 yellow stripe/ridges across its back.
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CHONG188

Not an amphibian person but your question is of interest so I took out my 2003 Stebbin's field guide. If Williams is in central B.C., then unless a range extension is at play, the likelihood that it was a Red-legged Frog is remote. Yet the only other frog in the field guide that shows extensive red coloration on the ventral surface and legs is the Oregon Spotted Frog. But its range is confined to Wash. and Oregon. The Columbia Spotted Frog has an extensive range throughout much of B.C. but it ventral surface lacks the red except of perhaps the rear extremities of the hind legs.

Species are notorius for not conforming to conventional understanding so chances are it was the latter species with more than the usual amount of ventral red.

Richard F. Hoyer

yes i looked at a few pictures of the columbia spotted frog and it showed the frog's range in b.c. and williams lake is pretty much smack dab in the middle. The pictures that were a dead giveaway were the ventral shots that looked exactly like the underside of the frog. thanks.

JESSE OLSON
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CHONG188