Identifying frog species

Vaelin

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Hey guys!
I work at a LFS up here in alaska and we often get a lot of mis-catch animals when we get our shipment of feeders.
I often take home the tadpoles that survive the shipment and raise them. My latest one recently finished his metamorphosis and I can't tell what kind of frog he is. Most of the ones that survive end up being common tree frogs but this guy looks a lot different than anything I've seen up here.
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Any ideas?

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krichardson

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I would say leopard but it's head is too broad.
 

snakeguy101

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How big was the tadpole, that might help us narrow it down. I am leaning more towards Lithobates (Rana) heckscheri over it being a catesbeianus.
 

Vaelin

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Sorry about the super late response!
I'm thinking he's a bull frog. The person I gave him to has reported that he turned into a "tiny tank that eats like a monster"
His tadpole form, along with the new tadpole I got recently was between 2-3 inches long. Way larger than most of the ones i've raised before.
Thanks for everyone's replies!



This picture looks like both of them, not my picture though,just a very similar one that I found online. I'll post actual ones if I can recover them from my water logged phone!


Tadpole June 2010 004.jpg

Tadpole June 2010 004.jpg
 
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