Rana johni

Taxobox
name = "Rana johni"


status = EN
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. johni"
binomial = "Rana johni"
binomial_authority = Blair, 1965
synonyms = "Rana moorei" Blair, 1947 (preoccupied)

"Rana 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

* (1965): "Rana johni", Substitute Name for the Frog "Rana moorei" Blair. "Copeia" 1965(4): 517.
* (1984) A new species of frog of the "Rana tarahumarae" group from southwestern Mexico. "Copeia" 1984(2): 398–403. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1445197 HTML and JPEG abstract and first page text]
* (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs ("Rana"). "Mol. Phylogenet. Evol." 34(2): 299–314. doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 [http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/215.pdf PDF fulltext] .
* (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 [http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/679.pdf PDF fulltext]
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