Carpenter Frog

Carpenter Frog

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Rana
Species:	R. virgatipes
Binomial name
*Rana virgatipes* Cope, 1891

The Carpenter Frog (Rana virgatipes)^[1] is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to the United States, and is known for having a mating call resembling the sound of two carpenters hammering nails, hence the name.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Footnotes

^ Pauly et al. (2009)

References

Hammerson, G. 2004. Rana virgatipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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. E
Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
Pauly, Greg B., Hillis, David M. & Cannatella, David C. (2009): Taxonomic freedom and the role of official lists of species names. Herpetologica 65: 115-128. PDF fulltext

This animal is native to NJ. Kingdom - Species, can be found on ANimaldiversity.com