RanaSierrae 5355

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Description: English: Rana Sierrae Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog Location: Sixth Lake (near the North Fork Big Pine Creek Trail, CA, USA) Identification: The identification that it was Rana Sierrae as opposed to Rana Muscosa was based primarily on the fact that it was found north of the Monarch Divide. See A STATUS REVIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN YELLOW-LEGGED FROG (Rana sierrae and Rana muscosa) November 28, 2011. Also based on images from this site: http://www.californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/r.sierrae.html, its appearance seems to be more like that of Rana Sierrae than Rana Muscosa Additional information: We were told by a hiker that the fish had been killed off in Sixth Lake and the lake had been planted with frogs. I wasn't able to confirm that story with an internet search but it seems likely to be true. Date: 9 August 2013, 14:10:17. Source: Own work. Author: Davefoc. Camera location 37° 08′ 10.72″ N, 118° 30′ 39.9″ W : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 37.136312; -118.511083.