Moore's frog
For the frog found in Southwest Australia, see Western green and golden bell frog.
| Rana johni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. johni |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates johni Frost, 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Rana moorei Blair, 1947 (preoccupied) Rana johni Blair, 1965 | |
Moore's frog, Lithobates johni, is a frog species in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known as rana de Moore after its obsolete scientific name, which had already been given to an unrelated fossil frog species earlier.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Blair, Albert P. (1965): Rana johni, Substitute Name for the Frog Rana moorei Blair. Copeia 1965(4): 517.
- Hillis, D.M.; Frost, J.S. & Webb, R.G. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia 1984(2): 398–403. HTML and JPEG abstract and first page text
- 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 PMID 15619443 PDF fulltext.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42(2): 331–338. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001 PMID 16997582 PDF fulltext
- Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. (2004). Rana johni. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 23 July 2007.
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