Mexican cascades frog

Mexican cascades frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: L. pustulosus
Binomial name
Lithobates pustulosus
(Boulenger, 1833)
Synonyms

Rana pustulosa Boulenger, 1883
Rana sinaloae Zweifel, 1954

The Mexican cascades frog or white-striped frog, Lithobates pustulosus, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family endemic to Mexico,[2] where it is known as rana de cascada.[1]

Mexican cascades frog is a very common species inhabiting rocky cascading streams in tropical dry forest, possibly also coniferous forest at low to moderate elevations.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. (2004). "Lithobates pustulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates pustulosus (Boulenger, 1883)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2015.


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