Rana areolata circulosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: Rana areolata
Subspecies: Rana areolata circulosa

Name

Rana areolata circulosa Davis & Rice, 1883

Synonyms

• Rana areolata circulosa — Davis & Rice, 1883
• Lithobates areolatus circulosus — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008

References

• Cope, 1875, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 1: 32.
• Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ. 37: 7.
• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. PDF fulltext
• Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext

Note

This species was briefly transferred to Lithobates by Frost et al., 2006, but was transferred back to Rana by Hillis, 2007.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Crawfish Frog