Biology:Tlaloc's leopard frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Tlaloc's leopard frog
Tlaloc's Leopard Frog imported from iNaturalist photo 398754 on 20 April 2022.jpg

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. tlaloci
Binomial name
Lithobates tlaloci
(Hillis & Frost, 1985)
Synonyms

Rana tlaloci Hillis & Frost, 1985[2]

Tlaloc's leopard frog (Lithobates tlaloci), or rana de Tláloc in Spanish, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to the Valley of Mexico.[3] It is most likely extinct.[1]

Tlaloc's leopard frog inhabited wetland areas in the surroundings of southern Mexico City. The suitable habitat disappeared because of rapid urbanization.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates tlaloci". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T19182A53948302. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T19182A53948302.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19182/53948302. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Hillis, D.M. & Frost, J.S. (1985). Three new species of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from the Mexican Plateau. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 117:1-14
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates tlaloci (Hillis and Frost, 1985)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-tlaloci. Retrieved 15 February 2015. 

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