Maya Mountains frog
| Maya Mountains frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. juliani |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates juliani (Hillis & de Sa, 1988) | |
The Maya Mountains frog (Lithobates juliani) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Belize and possibly Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and rivers. This anuran is endemic to the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.
References
- Hillis, D.M., and de Sá, R. (1984). Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae). Herpetological Monographs 2: 1-26.
- 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.
- Hogan, C. Michael (2013). Belizean Pine Forests. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. ed. M. Mcginley.
- Lee, J. & Walker, P. (2004). Lithobates juliani. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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