Smooth-backed frog
The smooth-backed frog (Lithobates psilonota)[1] is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.
| Smooth-backed frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. psilonota |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates psilonota Frost, 2006 | |
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Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- 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.
Sources
- Flores-Villela, O. & Canseco-Márquez, L. 2004. Rana psilonota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Hillis, D. M., J. S. Frost, and R. G. Webb. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia '1984: 398–403.
- 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 PDF fulltext.
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