Guatemala plateau frog

Guatemala plateau frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Ranidae
Genus:Lithobates
Species: L. macroglossa
Binomial name
Lithobates macroglossa
(Brocchi, 1877)
Synonyms

Rana macroglossa Brocchi, 1877

The Guatemala plateau frog (Lithobates macroglossa) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It occurs in Guatemala and southern Mexico. It is impossible to morphologically distinguish this species from Lithobates forreri and Lithobates brownorum, and the validity of it has been questioned.[2] It is an uncommon frog that inhabits cloud forests, including degraded forest, and grassland. Breeding takes place in streams and small temporary ponds. It is threatened by habitat degradation caused by agricultural encroachment, wood extraction, human settlement, and water pollution.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Manuel Acevedo; Eric Smith (2004). "Lithobates macroglossa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58653A11820835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58653A11820835.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates macroglossa (Brocchi, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  • Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34(2): 299–314. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 PMID 15619443 PDF fulltext.
  • Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.


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