Rana bwana
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| Rio Chipillico Frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. bwana |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana bwana Hillis & de Sa, 1988 |
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The Rio Chipillico Frog, Rana bwana, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Angulo, A., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Almeida, D., Nogales, F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. 2004. Rana bwana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Hillis, D.M., and de Sá, R. (1984): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae). Herpetological Monographs 2: 1-26.
- 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.
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