Definition of Rana clamitans

1. Noun. Similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada.

Exact synonyms: Green Frog, Spring Frog
Group relationships: Genus Rana, Rana
Generic synonyms: Ranid, True Frog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rana Clamitans

Ramsay Hunt's syndrome
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Ramsden's ocular
Ramsden circle
Ramsden disk
Ramsden eyepiece
Ramses
Ramses II
Ramses the Great
Ramsey
Ramsey theory
Ramsgate
Ramsons
Ramstedt operation
Rana cascadae
Rana clamitans (current term)
Rana goliath
Rana palustris
Rana pipiens
Rana sylvatica
Rana tarahumarae
Ranales
Ranatra
Ranchi
Rand formula
Randal
Randall
Randall's plaques
Randall Jarrell

Literary usage of Rana clamitans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"The present paper gives the results of an histological study of the early stages of regeneration in the spinal cord of the frog tadpole, Rana clamitans. ..."

2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"RANGE : Widespread in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains. Rana clamitans LATREILLE GREEN FROG, SPRING-FROG Rana clamitans LATREILLE Hist. Nat. ..."

3. The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs, with a Study of the Habits by Mary Cynthia Dickerson (1906)
"Head rounded, thick through, with much the proportions and appearance of the head of Rana clamitans. (Fig. 257.) Ear larger than eye in male, ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Rana clamitans Latreille.— Abundant and widely distributed, occurring both in the mountains and in the pine barrens of New Jersey where it ..."

5. Report (1913)
"Rana clamitans Latreille. Green Frog.—Four green frogs were taken in the outlet to Beaver Lake. 6. ..."

6. Report (1904)
"•6. Rana pipiens Schreber. Common frog. Very abundant. 7. Rana clamitans Latreille. Green frog. Common everywhere in water. ..."

7. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"At the approach of winter, it retires into fountains and ponds of pure water, but does not bury itself in the mud at the bottom. The rana clamitans, found ..."

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