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Lago de las Minas frog

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(Redirected from Lithobates chichicuahutla) Species of amphibian

Lago de las Minas frog
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: L. chichicuahutla
Binomial name
Lithobates chichicuahutla
(Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)
Synonyms

Rana chichicuahutla Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996

The Lago de las Minas frog (Lithobates chichicuahutla) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to the Las Minas Lake (Lago de las Minas) in the Oriental Basin of Puebla, Mexico. Its natural habitat is vegetation surrounding the lake. It is threatened by deterioration in the quality of habitat surrounding the lake as well as the decline in lake surface level caused by groundwater extraction.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates chichicuahutla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58574A53970144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58574A53970144.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz, and Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Lithobates chichicuahutla
Rana chichicuahutla


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