Smooth-backed frog
| Smooth-backed frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. psilonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates psilonota Frost, 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rana psilonota, Webb, 2001 | |
The smooth-backed frog, Lithobates psilonota,[1] is a species of frog in the Ranidae family endemic to Mexico.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel (2011). "American Museum of Natural History: Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference". Herpetology. The American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
Sources
- Flores-Villela, O. & Canseco-Márquez, L. 2004. Rana psilonota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Hillis, D. M., J. S. Frost, and R. G. Webb. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia '1984: 398–403.
- 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.
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