Rana zweifeli
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Rana zweifeli Hillis, Frost & Webb, 1984 |
Rana zweifeli is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- Hillis, D. M., J. S. Frost, and R. G. Webb. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia '1984: 398–403.
- 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.
- Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Rana zweifeli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.