Tarahumara frog

Tarahumara frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: L. tarahumarae
Binomial name
Lithobates tarahumarae
Boulenger, 1917
Synonyms

Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917

The Tarahumara frog, Lithobates tarahumarae, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Mexico and—formerly—the United States, where it is now regionally extinct.[1][2] Its natural habitats are streams and plunge pools in canyons in oak and pine-oak woodland, and foothill thorn scrub and tropical deciduous forest in the Pacific coast tropical area. Permanent water is necessary for reproduction.[1]

The decline of Tarahumara frog populations has many reasons and may include chytridiomycosis and introduced species.[1]

The Tarahumara are a well-known indigenous tribe from the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rorabaugh, J., Santos-Barrera, G. & Hammerson, G. (2004). "Lithobates tarahumarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates tarahumarae (Boulenger, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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