Lithobates vibicarius

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 vibicarius

Name

• Lithobates vibicarius (Cope, 1894)
  • Type locality: "Rancho Redondo, on the divide of the Irazú range", Cantón de Goicoechea, Provincia de San José, Costa Rica.
  • Lectotype: AMNH 5463.

Synonyms

• Levirana vibicaria Cope, 1894
  • Rana godmani Günther, 1900
  • Rana vibicaria — Dunn, 1922
  • Rana (Rana) vibicaria — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Trypheropsis) vibicaria — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Ranula, Levirana, Trypheropsis) vibicaria — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates vibicarius — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) vibicarius — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates vibicarius — Frost et al. 2009
  • Lithobates vibicarius — Crother, 2012

References

• Cope, E. D. 1894. Third addition to a knowledge of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 46: 194–206.
• 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
• Frost, D. R., McDiamid, R. & J. R. Mendelson III. 2009. Response to the point of view of Gregory B. Pauly, David M. Hillis, and David C. Cannatella, by the Anuran subcommittee of the SSAR/HL/ASIH scientific and standard English names list. Herpetologica, 65(2), 2009, 136–153. PDF
• 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 vibicarius  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana vibicaria)

Vernacular names

English: Rancho Redondo Frog