Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates megapoda

Name

  • Lithobates megapoda Taylor, 1942
    • Type locality: "near Chapala, Jalisco", Mexico.
    • Holotype: FMNH 100025.

Synonyms

  • Rana trilobata Mocquard, 1899
    • Rana megapoda Taylor, 1942
    • Rana pipiens trilobataSmith, 1947
    • Rana megapodiaElter, 1982
    • Rana (Rana) megapodaDubois, 1987
    • Rana (Pantherana) trilobataDubois, 1992
    • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Pantherana, Stertirana, Lacusirana) megapodaHillis & Wilcox, 2005
    • Lithobates megapodaFrost et al. 2006
    • Lithobates (Lithobates) megapodaDubois, 2006
        • Lithobates megapodaCrother

References

  • Crother, B.I. (2012). Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Herpetological Circular no. 39. 92pp. PDF
  • Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61: 305–352. PDF
  • Hillis, D. M. (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
  • Taylor, 1942, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 28: 310.
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates megapoda  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 1 July 2008. (as Rana megapoda)

Vernacular names

English: Bigfoot Leopard Frog
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