Amazon River frog

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Amazon River frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. palmipes
Binomial name
Lithobates palmipes
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Rana palmipes Spix, 1824
  • Rana affinis Peters, 1859
  • Ranula gollmerii Peters, 1859

The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil.[2] In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye’kwana of southeastern Venezuela.[3]

Further reading

  • D. M. Hillis; R. de Sá (1984). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae)" (PDF). Herpetological Monographs. 2: 1–26. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ Barrio-Amorós, C. L.; C. Brewer-Carias (2008). "Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1942: 1–68. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)


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