Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog

Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Rana
Species:	R. magnaocularis
Binomial name
Rana magnaocularis Frost & Bagnara, 1974

The Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog (Rana magnaocularis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Hillis, D.M., Frost, J.S.,& Wright, D.A. (1983): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Rana pipiens complex: A biochemical evaluation. Systematic Zoology' 32: 132-143.
• Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology 19: 39-63.
• 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.
• Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Rana magnaocularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
• Amazing Frogs and Toads. Clark, Barry. First American edition, 1990. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1900, London.

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