Lithobates maculatus

Lithobates maculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates maculatus

Name

• Lithobates maculata Brocchi, 1877
  • Type locality: "Totonicapam (Mexique)" = Totonicapan, Guatemala.
  • Lectotype: MNHNP 6412A.

Synonyms

• Rana maculata Brocchi, 1877
  • Rana melanosoma Günther, 1900
  • Rana maculata maculata — Smith, 1959
  • Rana maculata krukoffi Smith, 1959
  • Rana (Rana) maculata — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Sierrana) maculata — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Ranula, Levirana) maculata — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates maculatus — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) melanosoma — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates maculatus — Crother, 2012

References

• Brocchi, 1877, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 7, 1: 178.
• Crother, B.I. (2012). Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Herpetological Circular no. 39. 92pp. PDF
• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M., & Wheeler W.C. 2006. The Amphibian Tree OF Life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Number 297, 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices PDF
• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hillis, D. M. (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates maculatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 1 July 2008. (as Rana maculata)

Vernacular names

English: Highland Frog