| Moore's frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. johni |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates johni Frost, 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Moore's frog (Lithobates johni) is a species of frog in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates johni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58628A53970752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58628A53970752.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Blair Albert P (1965). "Rana johni, Substitute Name for the Frog Rana moorei Blair". Copeia. 1965 (4): 517. doi:10.2307/1441009. JSTOR 1441009.
- Hillis D.M., Frost J.S., Webb R.G. (1984). "A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico". Copeia. 1984 (2): 398–403. doi:10.2307/1445197. JSTOR 1445197.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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. PMID 15619443.
- Hillis D. M. (2007). "Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42 (2): 331–338. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001. PMID 16997582.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rana johni | |
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