Tarahumara frog
| Tarahumara frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. tarahumarae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917
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| Synonyms | |
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Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917 | |
The Tarahumara frog, Lithobates tarahumarae, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Mexico and—formerly—the United States, where it is now regionally extinct.[1][2] Its natural habitats are streams and plunge pools in canyons in oak and pine-oak woodland, and foothill thorn scrub and tropical deciduous forest in the Pacific coast tropical area. Permanent water is necessary for reproduction.[1]
The decline of Tarahumara frog populations has many reasons and may include chytridiomycosis and introduced species.[1]
The Tarahumara are a well-known indigenous tribe from the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Template:IUCN2014.3
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates tarahumarae (Boulenger, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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