Ramsey Canyon leopard frog
| Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. subaquavocalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates subaquavocalis Platz, 1993 | |
The Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog (Lithobates subaquavocalis) is the obsolete name for a taxon formerly thought to be a separate species that has now been shown to be part of the species known as the Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis), a species of frog in the Ranidae family.
A recent article proved that the Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog is not a valid taxon, and instead this taxon is simply a part of the species known as the Chiricahua Leopard Frog.
Sources
- Goldberg, C. S., Field, K. J. & Sredl, M. J. (2004): Mitochondrial DNA sequences do not support species status of the Ramsey Canyon leopard frog (Rana subaquavocalis). J Herpetol 38:313–319. doi: 10.1670/117-03A
- Hammerson, G. & Sredl, M. (2004): Rana subaquavocalis. 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.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007): Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.