Question

What frog specie is the jumping frog of Mark Twain story?

Answer 1

The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (itsoriginal title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley.

Answer 2

Explanation:

California red-legged frog

The Frog Jump has been held since 1928. Rana draytonii, the California red-legged frog, is likely the species that would have played the part of the frog named Dan'l Webster in Twain's story