Smooth-backed frog

Smooth-backed frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: L. psilonota
Binomial name
Lithobates psilonota
Frost, 2006
Synonyms

Rana psilonota, Webb, 2001

The smooth-backed frog, Lithobates psilonota,[1] is a species of frogs in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel (2011). "American Museum of Natural History: Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference". Herpetology. The American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

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