Zweifel's frog
| Rana zweifeli | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. zweifeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana zweifeli Hillis, Frost & Webb, 1984 |
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Zweifel's frog, Rana zweifeli, is an amphibian species endemic to Mexico. It is a member of the true frog family, Ranidae.
Etymology
The specific name, zweifeli, honors American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.
Habitat
The frog's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
References
- Hillis, D.M., J.S. Frost, and R.G. Webb. (1984) A New Species of Frog of the Rana tarahumarae Group from Southwestern Mexico. Copeia 1984 (2): 398–403.
- 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 PDF fulltext.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
- Santos-Barrera, G. & Flores-Villela, O. 2004. Rana zweifeli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July, 2007.
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