Rana megapoda

Taxobox
name = Rana megapoda


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. megapoda"
binomial = "Rana megapoda"
binomial_authority = Taylor, 1942
synonyms = Rana trilobata Mocquard, 1899

"Rana megapoda" is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* (1983): Phylogeny and biogeography of the "Rana pipiens" complex: A biochemical evaluation. "Systematic Zoology' 32: 132-143.
* (1988): Systematics of the "Rana pipiens" complex: Puzzle and paradigm. "Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology" 19: 39-63.
* (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: 331–338.

* Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58662/all Rana megapoda] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.