A spotted frog with patterned skin floating in shallow, murky water among submerged sticks and plants

Endangered: Meet the hoppy home invaders losing ground in Indiana.

There’s a frog in Indiana that could be described as a bit of a vagabond, but if a crayfish could talk, it might call it a home invader.

The Crawfish Frog, Lithobates areolatus, can be found in dwindling numbers in the southern part of the state. The large amphibians have distinctive, almost leopard-like, brown markings on a light tan body. And they take over crawdad burrows.