Smooth-backed frog

The smooth-backed frog (Lithobates psilonota)[2] is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.

Smooth-backed frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

This species is native to western Mexico, including southern Zacatecas, northern Aguascalientes, and southern Nayarit, and south to western Jalisco and northwestern Colima. It inhabits the basins of the Ameca, Armeria, and Grande de Santiago rivers, between 350 and 2,400 meters elevation.[1]

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates psilonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58701A53971394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58701A53971394.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 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

  • 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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