Amazon River frog

The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil.[2] In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye’kwana of southeastern Venezuela.[3]

Amazon River frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. palmipes
Binomial name
Lithobates palmipes
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms

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  • Rana palmipes Spix, 1824
  • Rana affinis Peters, 1859
  • Ranula gollmerii Peters, 1859

References
  1. Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Jerry Hardy (2010). "Lithobates palmipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T58689A11812112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T58689A11812112.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. Barrio-Amorós, C. L. & C. Brewer-Carias (2008). "Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisariñama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guayana, with the description of five new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1942: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1942.1.1.

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