Highland frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Rana maculata.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| taxon = Lithobates maculatus

| authority = Brocchi, 1877

| synonyms = * Rana maculata, Brocchi, 1877

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Lithobates maculatus |volume=2020 |page=e.T58655A3071915 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58655A3071915.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

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The highland frog (Lithobates maculatus),{{Cite journal|date=2014-08-12|title=Amphibian Species of the World|journal=Reference Reviews|volume=28|issue=6|pages=32|doi=10.1108/rr-05-2014-0125|issn=0950-4125}} also known as the masked mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, known from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=2019-05-16}}

Like other members of Lithobates, it is sometimes classified under the genus Rana.{{Cite web|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5088|title=AmphibiaWeb - Rana maculata|website=amphibiaweb.org|access-date=2019-05-16}}