Lago de las Minas frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Lago de las Minas frog

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Lithobates chichicuahutla |volume=2020 |page=e.T58574A53970144 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58574A53970144.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lithobates chichicuahutla

| authority = (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996)

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

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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 the Oriental Basin of Puebla, Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-chichicuahutla |title=Lithobates chichicuahutla (Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz, and Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=20 September 2014}} 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.

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