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Rana aurora

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I found this beauty in Oneonta Gorge, near the Columbia River in Oregon. She's a Rana aurora, or Northern Red-legged Frog, which is a near threatened species. I'm happy to say, there were dozens of them where we were hiking. It looked like a lot of them were this year's offspring, judging by their sizes. This is the largest one we saw. After allowing some photos, she hopped off into the stream again.
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Beautiful frog. It's sad how many frogs are threatened, endangere, or extinct. They are really quite beautiful creatures, and this is a wonderful photograph. I live your pictures. They are facinating in their diversity, and wonderful to behold.