Carpenter Frog

Carpenter Frog

Taxobox
name = Carpenter Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. virgatipes"
binomial = "Rana virgatipes"
binomial_authority = Cope, 1891
synonyms = The Carpenter Frog ("Rana virgatipes") is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is endemic to the United States.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Hammerson, G. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58747/all Rana virgatipes] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
* (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] . E
* (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. "Mol. Phylogenet. Evol." 42: 331–338.


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