Description:

The Pickerel Frog is a medium to large-sized frog (adult body length 5.1 to 7.6 cm) that is light brown, tan, gray, or olive green in color with two rows of squarish dark brown spots, often outlined in black, running down its back between its light-colored dorsolateral folds. This frog looks similar to the Northern Leopard Frog but can be differentiated by the squarish spots arranged in two rows, as mentioned, and by the bright yellow or orange color present on the groin and undersides of its hind legs (leopard frogs are white in the same area). It has a whitish belly and throat, and a light line along the upper lip. Its breeding call is a low-pitched, snore-like croak similar to the Northern Leopard Frog’s call but the Pickerel Frog’s call is shorter and weaker and lacks the low grunts at the end of the call.