Lithobates spectabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates spectabilis

Name

• Lithobates spectabilis Hillis & Frost, 1985
  • Type locality: "La Estanzuela, Hidalgo, México, elevation 2900 m".
  • Holotype: KU 195186.

Synonyms

• Rana spectabilis Hillis & Frost, 1985
  • Rana (Rana) spectabilis — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Pantherana) spectabilis — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Pantherana, Scurrilirana) spectabilis — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates spectabilis — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) spectabilis — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates spectabilis — Crother, 2012

References

• Crother, B.I. (2012). Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Herpetological Circular no. 39. 92pp. PDF
• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. 2006. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. Paris 329: 823–840. PDF
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M., & Wheeler W.C. 2006. The Amphibian Tree OF Life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Number 297, 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices PDF
• Hillis, D. M., and J. S. Frost. 1985. Three new species of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from the Mexican Plateau. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 117: 1–14.
• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hillis, D. M. (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates spectabilis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana spectabilis)

Note:

This species was briefly transferred to Lithobates by Frost et al., 2006.

Vernacular names

English: Showy Leopard Frog