Moore's frog

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For the frog found in Southwest Australia, see Western green and golden bell frog.

Moore's frog
Scientific classification edit
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 species of frog in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to Mexico.

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[]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "Lithobates johni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58628A53970752. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  • Blair Albert P (1965). "Rana johni, Substitute Name for the Frog Rana moorei Blair". Copeia. 1965 (4): 517. doi:10.2307/1441009.
  • 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. JSTOR 1445197.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • 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.
  • 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.


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