Pace studied him for a minute.  "No, I guess you don't.  Actually you look sort of like those guys" he said, motioning to the green creatures that spent every summer night under the patio light.

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"So why are you called a leopard frog?"

"Check out my skin" said the leopard frog, spreading his body out on the surface of the water.

"Oh...because of the spots.  I get it.  But you're in my pool.  You need to get out!" Pace said forcefully.

"Why, I'm a Southern Leopard Frog, of course!"

Pace's hair bristled.  "Leopard?  Leopards are cats!"

"Do I look like a cat to you?"

"Those are my cousins. They're green tree frogs."