The spots on the back and legs are still discernible, as well as the dorsolateral fold. There are no subspecies of the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens. The northern leopard frog is found statewide in Minnesota. The northern leopard frog is found in all water types. Lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, large and small wetlands, even homemade ponds.
Leopard frogs move considerable distances from water especially in wet grasslands or damp woodlands.
May. Sometimes males call while underwater. A single female may lay 3,000 to 5,000 eggs in a round mass. The females may all lay eggs in one portion of the pond. Tadpoles metamorphose in about three months. So many may be on the road that it causes a slick driving hazard.