Rana areolata (Crawfish Frog)
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CRAWFISH
FROG Rana areolata Baird & Girard, 1852
STATUS: Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Kaufman
Co.: 5.9 mi S of I-20 on
FM 429, 2 mi S of jct of FM 1565 on FM 986, and 6 mi S of jct of FM 1565
on FM 986
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Ellis
and Kaufman
HABITAT: Blackland
Prairie and Post Oak Belt
COMMENTS: The crawfish
frog is probably much more common than most realize, owing to its
secretive and subterranean habits.
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