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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Rain Frogs (Eleutherodactylidae) of the United States
Eleutherodactylidae vary considerably in size, from the miniscule Eleutherodactylus iberia (female snout to vent length is under 1/2 inch) to the relative giant E. inoptatus (female snout to vent length is 3 1/2 inches). Except for the ovovivparous E.jasperi, these frogs have direct development no free-living tadpole stage exists; instead, eggs develop directly into small froglets.
There are 6 species, all native, found in the United States.
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