Rana bwana

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Rana bwana
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Rana Species: R. bwana
Binomial name
Rana bwana Hillis & de Sa, 1988

Rana bwana is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

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• Hillis, D.M., and de Sá, R. (1984): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae). Herpetological Monographs 2: 1-26.
• 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.
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