Lithobates
Lithobates is a subgenus of frogs of the genus Rana[1] found in Central and South America.
It was briefly proposed as a separate genus in 2006,[2] but that was rejected in later studies.[3]
Species
As proposed as a distinct subgenus, Lithobates was restricted to four species:[4]
Other species are sometimes incorrectly placed in this subgenus, but it is defined to be restricted to just the four described species listed above.[5]
- ^ Hillis (2007)
- ^ Frost (2006), Frost et al. (2006)
- ^ Hillis (2007), Stuart (2008), Pauly et al. (2009)
- ^ Hillis (2007)
- ^ Hillis (2007)
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2006): Amphibian Species of the World Version 3 - Petropedetidae Noble, 1931. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2006-AUG-05.
- Frost, Darrel R. et al. (2006): The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Number 297. New York.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001 PDF fulltext
- 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
- Stuart, Bryan L. (2008): The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46(1): 49-60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 (HTMl abstract)