The California Red-legged Frog (it is nowadays known under the scientific name Rana draytonii) is a moderate to large (4.4-14 cm) species of frog, after being long included ith the Northern Red-legged Frog (R. aurora) as subspecies of a single species called simply Red-legged Frog. Its back is brown, grey, olive or reddish color with black flecks and dark, irregular, light-centered blotches and is coursly granular.