Lithobates tarahumarae

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 tarahumarae

Name

Lithobates tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917
- Type locality: "Ioquiro [=? Yoquivo] and Barranca del Cobre, Sierra Tarahumaré, [Chihuahua,] N.W. Mexico".
- Syntypes: BM 1947.2.1.63-64 & 1947.2.28.76-79.

Synonyms

Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917
- Rana (Rana) tarahumarae — Dubois, 1987
- Rana (Zweifelia) tarahumarae — Dubois, 1992
- Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Torrentirana, Zweifelia) tarahumarae — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
- Lithobates tarahumarae — Frost et al. 2006
- Lithobates (Lithobates) tarahumarae — Dubois, 2006
- Lithobates tarahumarae — Frost et al. 2009
- Lithobates tarahumarae — Crother, 2012

References

Boulenger, G. A. 1917. Descriptions of new frogs of the genus Rana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 20: 413–418.
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.
Dubois, A. 2006. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. Paris 329: 823–840. PDF
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
Frost, D. R., McDiamid, R. & J. R. Mendelson III. 2009. Response to the point of view of Gregory B. Pauly, David M. Hillis, and David C. Cannatella, by the Anuran subcommittee of the SSAR/HL/ASIH scientific and standard English names list. Herpetologica, 65(2), 2009, 136–153. 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 tarahumarae (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana tarahumarae)

Vernacular names

English: Tarahumara Frog