Rana macroglossa
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| Rana macroglossa | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. macroglossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana macroglossa Brocchi, 1877 |
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Rana macroglossa is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It occurs in Guatemala and southern Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] Source
- Acevedo, M. & Smith, E. 2004. Rana macroglossa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- 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 PMID 15619443 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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