Vaillant's frog
Lithobates vaillanti (Brocchi, 1877)
LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads
The vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species in the family Ranidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 125 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the vaillant's frog
- Weight
- 125 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 12.5 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- arthropods, vertebratessrc for Main food
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the vaillant's frog live?
Not recorded
What is the vaillant's frog?
Vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Central America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.
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Is the vaillant's frog endangered?
The vaillant's frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the vaillant's frog classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRanidae
- genusLithobates
- SpeciesLithobates vaillanti (Brocchi, 1877)
Synonyms Rana bonaccana, Rana brevipalmata rhoadsi, Rana palmipes hoffmanni, Rana vaillanti
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Common marsh-frogEnglish
- Common marsh-frogEnglish
- skokan VaillantůvCzech
- Rana de VaillantSpanish
- Rana común de VaillantSpanish
- Rana di VaillantItalian
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Relatives of the vaillant's frog
Other species in the same genus Lithobates.
Northern leopard frog
Lithobates pipiens
Chiricahua leopard frog
Lithobates chiricahuensis
Berlandier's frog
Lithobates berlandieri
Plains leopard frog
Lithobates blairi
Crawfish frog
Lithobates areolatus
Pickerel frog
Lithobates palustris
CompareVaillant's frog vs Northern leopard frogVaillant's frog vs Chiricahua leopard frogVaillant's frog vs Berlandier's frogVaillant's frog vs Plains leopard frog
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the vaillant's frog?
An adult vaillant's frog weighs 125 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the vaillant's frog endangered?
The vaillant's frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What does the vaillant's frog eat?
Its recorded main food is arthropods and vertebrates.
What kind of animal is the vaillant's frog?
The vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) belongs to the family Ranidae in the order Anura.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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