Biology:Tarahumara frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Tarahumara frog
Rana tarahumarae.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. tarahumarae
Binomial name
Lithobates tarahumarae
Boulenger, 1917
Synonyms

Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917

The Tarahumara frog (Lithobates tarahumarae) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae 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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 James Rorabaugh, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Lithobates tarahumarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58731A11832982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58731A11832982.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58731/11832982. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates tarahumarae (Boulenger, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-tarahumarae. 

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