Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: R. chiricahuensis
Binomial name
Rana chiricahuensis
Platz & Mecham, 1979

The Chiricahua Leopard Frog, Rana chiricahuensis[1], is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, ponds, and open excavations. It is threatened by habitat loss and chytrid fungus to such an extent that it has vanished from 80% of its former habitat.[2] The Phoenix Zoo along with Arizona's Department of Game & Fish, and the USFWS are trying to mitigate threats through captive breeding and reintroduction efforts. [3]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Pauly et al. (2009)
  2. ^ Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 187. ISBN 0-06-055804-0. 
  3. ^ http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/09/phoeniz-zoo-marks-restoration.html

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.
  • Pauly, Greg B., Hillis, David M. & Cannatella, David C. (2009): Taxonomic freedom and the role of official lists of species names. Herpetologica 65: 115-128. PDF fulltext
  • Santos-Barrera, G., Hammerson, G. & Sredl, M. 2004. Rana chiricahuensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


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