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Lithobates  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 773285

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ranula Peters, 1859
  
    Pohlia Steindachner, 1867
  
    Trypheropsis Cope, 1868
  
    Levirana Cope, 1894
  
    Chilixalus Werner, 1899
  
    Anchylorana Taylor, 1942
  
    Sierrana Dubois, 1992
  
    Zweifelia Dubois, 1992
  
    Aquarana Dubois, 1992
  
    Pantherana Dubois, 1992
  
    Novirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
    Torrentirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
    Stertirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
    Lacusirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
    Nenirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
    Scurrilirana Hillis and Wilcox, 2005
  
  Common Name(s): American Water Frogs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            FamilyRanidae Batsch, 1796  
                               GenusLithobates Fitzinger, 1843 – American Water Frogs  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesLithobates areolatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Crawfish Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates berlandieri (Baird, 1859) – Rio Grande Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown and Brown, 1973) – Plains Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates brownorum (Sanders, 1973)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates bwana (Hillis and de Sá, 1988)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates capito (LeConte, 1855) – Gopher Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) – American Bullfrog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz and Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates chiricahuensis (Platz and Mecham, 1979) – Chiricahua Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates clamitans (Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) – Green Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates dunni (Zweifel, 1957)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates fisheri (Stejneger, 1893) – Vegas Valley Leopard Frog (extinct), Vegas Valley Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates forreri (Boulenger, 1883)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates grylio (Stejneger, 1901) – Pig Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates heckscheri (Wright, 1924) – River Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates johni (Blair, 1965)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates juliani (Hillis and de Sá, 1988)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg, Newman, Watkins-Colwell, Schlesinger, Zarate, Curry, Shaffer and Burger, 2014) – Mid-Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates lemosespinali (Smith and Chiszar, 2003)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates lenca (Luque-Montes, Austin, Weinfurther, Wilson, Hofmann and Townsend, 2018)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates macroglossa (Brocchi, 1877)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates maculatus (Brocchi, 1877)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates magnaocularis (Frost and Bagnara, 1974)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates megapoda (Taylor, 1942)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates miadis (Barbour and Loveridge, 1929)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates montezumae (Baird, 1854)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates neovolcanicus (Hillis and Frost, 1985)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates okaloosae (Moler, 1985) – Florida Bog Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates omiltemanus (Günther, 1900)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates onca (Cope in Yarrow, 1875) – Relict Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates palmipes (Spix, 1824)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) – Pickerel Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) – Northern Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates psilonota (Webb, 2001)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates pueblae (Zweifel, 1955)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates pustulosus (Boulenger, 1883)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates septentrionalis (Baird, 1854) – Mink Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates sevosus (Goin and Netting, 1940) – Dusky Gopher Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates sierramadrensis (Taylor, 1939)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates spectabilis (Hillis and Frost, 1985)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886) – Southern Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) – Wood Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates tarahumarae (Boulenger, 1917) – Tarahumara Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates taylori (Smith, 1959)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates tlaloci (Hillis and Frost, 1985)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates vaillanti (Brocchi, 1877)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates vibicarius (Cope, 1894)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates virgatipes (Cope, 1891) – Carpenter Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857)  
                                  SpeciesLithobates yavapaiensis (Platz and Frost, 1984) – Lowland Leopard Frog 
                                  SpeciesLithobates zweifeli (Hillis, Frost and Webb, 1984)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Lithobates   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular No. 37   
  Page(s): 1-84   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-74-5   
  Notes: Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php   
  Reference for: Lithobates, American Water Frogs [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: American Water Frogs[English]   
       

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