Lowland Leopard Frog

Taxobox
name = Lowland Leopard Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. yavapaiensis"
binomial = "Rana yavapaiensis"
binomial_authority = Platz & Frost, 1984
synonyms = The Lowland Leopard Frog, "Rana yavapaiensis", is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Mexico and the United States; in Spanish it is known as "rana de Yavapai".Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

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* (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. & Hammerson, G. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19181/all Rana yavapaiensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.