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Mississippi gopher frog

Lithobates sevosus (Goin & Netting, 1940)

CRCritically Endangeredfrogs and toads

The mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus) is a species in the family Ranidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus)
Photo: Glen Johnson / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mississippi gopher frog

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 10.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
6 years
Main food
arthropodssrc for Main food
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
3,750 – 7,000src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mississippi gopher frog live?

Not recorded

What is the mississippi gopher frog?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus), also known commonly as the dark gopher frog, the dusky gopher frog, and the St. Tammany gopher frog, is a critically endangered species of frog in the family Ranidae (true frogs). The species is endemic to the southern United States. Its natural habitats are temperate coastal forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. This secretive frog is on average 3 in (8 cm) long, with a dark brown or black dorsal surface covered in warts. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

From the Wikipedia article “Mississippi gopher frog” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_gopher_frog&oldid=1369498358), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the mississippi gopher frog endangered?

The mississippi gopher frog is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the mississippi gopher frog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyRanidae
  6. genusLithobates
  7. SpeciesLithobates sevosus (Goin & Netting, 1940)

Synonyms Rana areolata sevosa, Rana capito sevosa, Rana sevosa

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Dusky gopher frogEnglish
  • Dusky gopher frogEnglish
  • Dusky gopher frogEnglish
  • Rana Ardilla del MisisipiSpanish
  • Grenouille sombre des terriersFrench

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Relatives of the mississippi gopher frog

Other species in the same genus Lithobates.

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Common questions

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Is the mississippi gopher frog endangered?

The mississippi gopher frog is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What does the mississippi gopher frog eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods.

What kind of animal is the mississippi gopher frog?

The mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus) belongs to the family Ranidae in the order Anura.

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BibTeX
@misc{mississippi_gopher_frog_2026,
  title = {Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mississippi-gopher-frog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}