Italian Agile Frog

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iItalian Agile Frog
Italian Agile Frog
Italian Agile Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: R. latastei
Binomial name
Rana latastei
Boulanger, 1879

The Italian Agile Frog, Rana latastei, also known as the Lataste's Frog is an endemic frog with a distribution restricted to the plains of northern Italy, the extreme southern tip of Switzerland, the Istrian region of Slovenia and adjacent Croatia.

[edit] References

  • Andreone et al (2004). Rana latastei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 06 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable, and the criteria used
  • Original description by Boulenger, 1879. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 4: 180.

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