Mexico Herpetology

LAGO DE LAS MINAS LEOPARD FROG
Rana chichicuahutla – Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz, & Villagrán-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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Adult, 4,200′, Sinaloa, Mexico

MEXICO CASCADE FROG
Rana pustulosa – Boulenger 1883

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Adult, 1,700′, Sonora, Mexico

NORTHWEST MEXICO LEOPARD FROG
Rana 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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ZWEIFEL’S FROG
Rana zweifeli – Hillis, Frost & Webb 1989

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LOWLAND LEOPARD FROG
Rana yavapaiensis – Platz & Frost 1984

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Lips, K. R., J. R. Mendelson 3rd, A. Muñoz-Alonso, L. Canseco-Márquez 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
Rana 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 Rana 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, [...]

JALISCO STREAM FROG
Rana psilonota – Webb 2001

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BIG-FOOTED LEOPARD FROG
Rana megapoda – Taylor 1942

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Rana 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 Rana montezumae group as defined by Hillis, [...]

PUEBLA STREAM FROG
Rana pueblae – Zweifel 1955

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GUERRERO LEOPARD FROG
Rana omiltemana – Gunther 1900

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TRANSVERSE VOLCANIC LEOPARD FROG
Rana neovolcanica – Hillis & Frost 1985

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Rana neovolcanica 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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Rana neovolcanica is a habitat generalist, potentially being found in nearly any clean [...]

MONTEZUMA LEOPARD FROG
Rana montezumae – Baird 1854

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MOORE’S FROG
Rana johni – Blair 1965

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FORRER’S GRASS FROG
Rana forreri – Boulenger 1883

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PATZCUARO FROG
Rana dunni – Zweifel 1957

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