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RIO GRANDE LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates berlandieri – Baird 1854
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FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG
Rana boylii – Baird 1854
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BROWN’S LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates brownorum – Sanders 1973
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BULLFROG
Lithobates catesbeianus – Shaw 1802
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LAGO DE LAS MINAS LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates chichicuahutla – Cuellar, Mendez-De La Cruz, & Villagran-Santa Cruz 1996
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This species is only known from the eastern shore of Lago de las Minas, in the high desert of extreme eastern Puebla, Mexico. It may also occur in adjacent crater lakes but this has yet to be confirmed.
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Habitat, main lake, [...]
CHIRICAHUA LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates chiricahuensis – Platz & Meecham 1979
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Habitat, 5,700′, Sonora, Mexico
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In the Lithobates montezumae group of Hillis, Frost and Wright (1983). In Mexico, L. chiricahuensis occurs in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sonora and Chihuahua; populations tentatively referred to this species occur from central Durango south into Zacatecas, Jalisco and Aguascalientes.
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Sub-Adult, 800′, Alameda County, California
CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG
Lithobates draytonii – Baird & Girard 1852
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PATZCUARO FROG
Lithobates dunni – Zweifel 1957
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FORRER’S GRASS FROG
Lithobates forreri – Boulenger 1883
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MOORE’S FROG
Lithobates johni – Blair 1965
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TARAHUMARA LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates lemosespinali – Smith & Chiszar 2003
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I believe I found this species back in 2002, but was unaware of its uniqueness at the time and did not photograph it.
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Adult, 2,500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
HIGHLAND FROG
Lithobates maculata – Brocchi 1877
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In Mexico this species is known from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Chiapas and the Sierra Atravesada of adjacent Oaxaca. Elevational distribution from 800-2700 m.
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View Over Cerro Baul Region, Habitat of Rana maculata
Stream Microhabitat, 2,500′, Oaxaca, Mexico
Ravine Seep Headwater Habitat, 3,000′, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Adult, 1,700′, Sonora, Mexico
NORTHWEST MEXICO LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates magnaocularis – Frost & Bagnara 1976
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Seasonal Creek Habitat, 1,700′, Sonora, Mexico
Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico
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BIG-FOOTED LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates megapoda – Taylor 1942
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Lithobates megapoda is found primarily on the southern edge of the Mexico Plateau from southern Guanajuato and northern Michoacan west through Jalisco to southern Nayarit in the region just east of Tepic. Elevational distribution from 823 – 1,520 m.
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In the Lithobates montezumae group as defined by Hillis, Frost [...]
Adult, 7,500′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
MONTEZUMA LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates montezumae – Baird 1854
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Seasonal Stream Habitat, 7,500′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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I have found this species several times in San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato and Queretaro. In San Luis Potosi they are abundant in the Valle de las Phantasmas region where they can be found in ponds [...]
TRANSVERSE VOLCANIC LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates neovolcanicus – Hillis & Frost 1985
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Lithobates neovolcanicus occurs on the southern edge of the Mexico Plateau from the state of Mexico’s western border, west through northern Michoacan and southern Guanajuato to central Jalisco. Elevational distribution is 1500-2500 m.
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Lithobates neovolcanicus is a habitat generalist, potentially being found in nearly any clean body [...]
GUERRERO LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates omiltemanus – Gunther 1900
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JALISCO STREAM FROG
Lithobates psilonota – Webb 2001
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PUEBLA STREAM FROG
Lithobates pueblae – Zweifel 1955
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Adult, 4,200′, Sinaloa, Mexico
MEXICO CASCADE FROG
Lithobates pustulosus – Boulenger 1883
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Adult, 2,000′, Oaxaca, Mexico
SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR FROG
Lithobates sierramadrensis – Taylor 1939
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Cloud Forest of the Sierra Madre del Sur, 2,000′, Oaxaca, Mexico
Roadside Seep, Sierra Madre del Sur, 2,000′, Oaxaca, Mexico
Stream, Sierra Madre del Sur, 1,600′, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Lips, K. R., J. R. Mendelson 3rd, A. Munoz-Alonso, L. Canseco-Marquez and D. G. Mulcahy. 2004. [...]
SHOWY LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates spectabilis – Hillis & Frost 1985
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Desert Riparian Habitat, 5,000′, Puebla, Mexico
Cienega, Signifigantly Altered by Humans, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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In the Lithobates berlandieri group as defined by Hillis, Frost and Wright (1983). It is most closely related to Lithobates neovolcanica, L. tlaloci, and L. chichicuahutla.
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Described as Rana spectabilis by Hillis and Frost (1985). Holotype: KU [...]
Adult Male, 4,500′, Sonora, Mexico
TARAHUMARA FROG
Lithobates tarahumarae – Boulenger 1917
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Habitat, 5,700′, Sonora, Mexico
Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico
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Lips, K. R., J. R. Mendelson 3rd, A. Munoz-Alonso, L. Canseco-Marquez and D. G. Mulcahy. 2004. Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation 119(2004):555-564.
TLALOC’S FROG
Lithobates tlaloci – Hillis & Frost 1985
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Historically known only from the Valle de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico; recently found only in the channels at Xochimilco.
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In the Lithobates berlandieri group as defined by Hillis, Frost and Wright (1983).
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Described as Rana tlaloci by Hillis and Frost (1985). Holotype: KU 194434. Type locality: “Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, Mexico”.
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Adult, 400′, Veracruz, Mexico
Adult, 400′, Veracruz, Mexico
VAILLANT’S FROG
Lithobates vaillanti – Brocchi 1877
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In Mexico, this species occurs from the Los Tuxtlas region of southern Veracruz, south along the Atlantic coastal plain through the base of the Yucatan Peninsula (Tabasco and Chiapas) as well as along the Pacific versant of Chiapas and extreme southeast Oaxaca; additionally it [...]
LOWLAND LEOPARD FROG
Lithobates yavapaiensis – Platz & Frost 1984
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Lips, K. R., J. R. Mendelson 3rd, A. Munoz-Alonso, L. Canseco-Marquez and D. G. Mulcahy. 2004. Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation 119(2004):555-564.
ZWEIFEL’S FROG
Lithobates zweifeli – Hillis, Frost & Webb 1989
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