Lithobates berlandieri

Lithobates berlandieri

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 berlandieri

Name

• Lithobates berlandieri Baird, 1859
  • Type locality: "Brownsville, Tex.", USA.
  • Lectotype: USNM 131513.

Synonyms

• Rana berlandieri Baird, 1859
  • Rana halecina berlandieri — Cope, 1875
  • Rana halecina austricola Cope, 1886
  • Rana virescens austricola — Cope, 1889
  • Rana virescens var. austricola — Ives, 1891
  • Rana austricola — Ruthven, 1912
  • Rana halecina var. austricola — Boulenger, 1919
  • Rana pipiens berlandieri — Schmidt, 1941
  • Rana pipiens austricola — Smith, 1947
  • Rana berlandieri berlandieri — Sanders, 1973
  • Rana (Rana) berlandieri — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Pantherana) berlandieri — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Pantherana, Scurrilirana) berlandieri — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates berlandieri — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) berlandieri — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates berlandieri — Crother, 2012

References

• Baird, 1859, Rep. U.S-Mex. Bound. Surv., 2(Pt. 2-Rept.): 27.
• 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
• 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 berlandieri  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 01 July 2008. (as Rana berlandieri)

Vernacular names

English: Rio Grande Leopard Frog