Lago de las Minas frog
The Lago de las Minas frog, Lithobates chichicuahutla, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to the Las Minas Lake (Lago de las Minas) in Puebla, Mexico.[2] Its natural habitat is vegetation surrounding the lake. It is threatened by deterioration in the quality of habitat surrounding the lake as well as the decline in lake surface level caused by groundwater extraction.[1]
| Lago de las Minas frog | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. chichicuahutla |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana chichicuahutla Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996 | |
References
- Santos-Barrera, G. (2004). "Lithobates chichicuahutla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58574A11805458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58574A11805458.en.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz, and Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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