Lago de las Minas frog

The Lago de las Minas frog, Lithobates chichicuahutla, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to the Las Minas Lake (Lago de las Minas) in Puebla, Mexico.[2] Its natural habitat is vegetation surrounding the lake. It is threatened by deterioration in the quality of habitat surrounding the lake as well as the decline in lake surface level caused by groundwater extraction.[1]

Lago de las Minas frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. chichicuahutla
Binomial name
Lithobates chichicuahutla
(Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)
Synonyms

Rana chichicuahutla Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996

References

  1. Santos-Barrera, G. (2004). "Lithobates chichicuahutla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58574A11805458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58574A11805458.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz, and Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 September 2014.


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