Reports and References

for Rana aurora (Northern Red-legged Frog)

Reports from BC Conservation Data Centre

BC Species Summary

 

BC Conservation Status Report

 
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Reports from Other Databases

E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

 

Environment Canada's Species at Risk Website

 

Global Comprehensive Report (NatureServe Explorer)

Status Report

COSEWIC. 2002k. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the red-legged frog Rana aurora. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. v + 22 pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2004n. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Red-legged Frog Rana aurora in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 46 pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2015c. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Northern Red-legged Frog Rana aurora in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xii + 69 pp.

 

Ovaska, K. and L. Sopuck. 2004. Update COSEWIC Status Report on the Red-legged Frog Rana aurora in Canada. Unpublished revised report prepared for COSEWIC. 63 pp.

Recovery and Management Plans

B.C. Ministry of Environment. 2015j. Recovery plan for the Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) in British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 51 pp.

 

Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2017f. Management Plan for the Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) in Canada. Species at Risk Act Management Plan Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. 2 parts, 4 pp.+ 51 pp.

Best Management Practices

Ovaska, K, S. Lennart, C Engelstoft, L. Matthias, E. Wind and J. MacGarvie. 2004. Best Management Practices for Amphibians and Reptiles in Urban and Rural Environments in British Columbia. Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection, Ecosystems Standards and Planning, Biodiversity Branch

Other Related References

2001. Red-legged Frog. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. 2pp.

 

Adams, M.J. 2000. Pond permanence and the effects of exotic vertebrates on anurans. Ecological Applications 10:559-568.

 

Brown, H. A. 1975b. Reproduction and development of the red-legged frog, Rana aurora, in northwestern Washington. Northwest Science 49:241-252.

 

Calef, G. W. 1973. Natural mortality of tadpoles in a population of Rana aurora. Ecology 54:741-758.

 

Chan-McLeod, A. 2001. Effects of variable-retention harvest methods on movement patterns of Red-Legged Frogs. Unpublished progress report prepared for Weyerhaeuser Company, Nanaimo, BC.

 

Chan-McLeod, A. C. A. 2003. Factors affecting the permeability of clearcuts to red-legged frogs. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:663-671.

 

Cowan, I. McT. 1941. Longevity of the red-legged frog. Copeia 1941:48.

 

Green, D.M., and R.W. Campbell. 1984. The Amphibians of British Columbia. Royal B.C. Mus. Handb. No. 45. 101pp.

 

Hayes, M. P., C.A. Pearl, and C.J. Rombough. 2001. Rana aurora aurora (northern red-legged frog). Movement. Herpetological Review 32:35-36.

 

Licht, L. E. 1969. Comparative breeding behavior of the red-legged frog, (Rana aurora aurora) and the western spotted frog (Rana pretiosa pretiosa) in southwestern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 47:1287-1299.

 

Licht, L. E. 1974. Survival of embryos, tadpoles, and adults of the frogs Rana aurora aurora and Rana pretiosa sympatric in southwestern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 52:613-627.

 

Licht, L. E. 1986. Food and feeding behavior of sympatric red-legged frogs, Rana aurora and spotted frogs, Rana pretiosa, in southwestern British Columbia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 100:22-31.

 

Shean, J. T. S. 2002. Post-breeding movements and habitat use by the Northern Red-legged Frog, Rana aurora aurora, at Dempsey Creek, Thurston County, Washington. M.Sc. Thesis, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.

 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1994. Proposed endanagered status for the California Red-legged frog. Federal Register 2. 59(22):4888-4895.

 

Waye, H. 1999. COSEWIC status report on the Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) in Canada. Unpublished report prepared for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 27 pp.

 

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