Showy leopard frog

Showy leopard frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Lithobates
Species:	L. spectabilis
Binomial name
Lithobates spectabilis (Hillis & Frost, 1985)
Synonyms
Rana spectabilisHillis & Frost, 1985

The showy leopard frog (Lithobates spectabilis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater lakes, and water storage areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates spectabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T58722A53971736. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58722A53971736.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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• Hillis, D.M. & Frost, J.S. (1985): Three new species of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from the Mexican Plateau. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas117: 1–14.
• Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology19: 39–63.
• 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.