Dusky Gopher Frog
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The Dusky Gopher Frog or Mississippi Gopher Frog (Rana sevosa) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to the United States and its natural habitats are temperate forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. This species is threatened by habitat loss.
The frog is three inches long, with a dark brown or black back which is covered in warts. It once was found in lower Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, but today the population is approximately 100 frogs found in only one pond in Harrison County, Mississippi.[1]
[edit] References
- Hammerson, G., Richter, S., Siegel, R., LaClaire, L. & Mann, T. 2004. Rana sevosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Hillis, D.M., Frost, J.S.,& Wright, D.A. (1983): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Rana pipiens complex: A biochemical evaluation. Systematic Zoology' 32: 132-143.
- Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology 19: 39-63.
- 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.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
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