Taxonavigation

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates sierramadrensis

Name

• Lithobates sierramadrensis (Taylor, 1939)
  • Type locality: "near Agua de Obispo, between Rincón and Cajones, Guerrero", Mexico.
  • Holotype: EHT-HMS 3963B.

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

• Dubois, A. 2006. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. Paris 329: 823–840. PDF

• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M., & Wheeler W.C. 2006. The Amphibian Tree OF Life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Number 297, 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices PDF

• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Hillis, D. M. (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• Taylor, E. H. 1939 "1938". New species of Mexican tailless Amphibia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 25: 385–405.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates sierramadrensis  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana sierramadrensis)

Note:

This species was briefly transferred to Lithobates by Frost et al., 2006, but was transferred back to Rana by Hillis, 2007.

Vernacular names