Rana brownorum

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Rana brownorum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: R. brownorum
Binomial name
Rana brownorum
Sanders, 1973
Synonyms

Lithobates brownorum, Rana berlandieri brownorum

Rana brownorum[1] is a species of aquatic frog native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The epithet brownorum is in honor of the Bryce Brown family, who collected the type series.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Hillis, D. M. 2007. Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42:331-338.

[edit] References

  • 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.
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