Rana pustulosa
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| Rana pustulosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. pustulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana pustulosa Boulenger, 1833 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Rana sinaloae Zweifel, 1954 |
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Rana pustulosa is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known as rana de cascada
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.
[edit] References
- Hillis, D. M., J. S. Frost, and R. G. Webb. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia '1984: 398–403.
- 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.
- Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Rana pustulosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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