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Mexican cascades frog

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Species of amphibian

Mexican cascades frog
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: L. pustulosus
Binomial name
Lithobates pustulosus
(Boulenger, 1833)
Synonyms

Rana pustulosa Boulenger, 1883
Rana sinaloae Zweifel, 1954

The Mexican cascades frog or white-striped frog (Lithobates pustulosus) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico, where it is known as rana de cascada.

Mexican cascades frog is a very common species inhabiting rocky cascading streams in tropical dry forest, possibly also coniferous forest at low to moderate elevations.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates pustulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58703A3072619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58703A3072619.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates pustulosus (Boulenger, 1883)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Lithobates pustulosus
Rana pustulosa


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