Biology:Lowland leopard frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Lowland leopard frog
Lithobates yavapaiensis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. yavapaiensis
Binomial name
Lithobates yavapaiensis
(Platz & Frost, 1984)
Synonyms
  • Rana yavapaiensis Platz & Frost, 1984

The lowland leopard frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in Mexico and the United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Lithobates yavapaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T19181A53948125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T19181A53948125.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19181/53948125. Retrieved 28 April 2023. 
  • Hillis, D.M., Frost, J.S.,& Wright, D.A. (1983): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Rana pipiens complex: A biochemical evaluation. Systematic Zoology 32: 132–143.
  • Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology 19: 39–63.
  • Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34(2): 299–314. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 PDF fulltext.
  • Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.

Wikidata ☰ Q28036055 entry