Moore's frog
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{for|the frog found in Southwest Australia|Western green and golden bell frog}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Lithobates johni
| authority = Frost, 2006
| synonyms =
- Rana moorei Blair, 1947 (preoccupied)
- Rana johni Blair, 1965
}}
Moore's frog (Lithobates johni) is a species of frog in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
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- {{cite journal | author = Blair Albert P | year = 1965 | title = Rana johni, Substitute Name for the Frog Rana moorei Blair | journal = Copeia | volume = 1965 | issue = 4| page = 517 | doi = 10.2307/1441009 | jstor = 1441009 }}
- {{cite journal | author = Hillis D.M., Frost J.S., Webb R.G. | year = 1984 | title = A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico | journal = Copeia | volume = 1984 | issue = 2| pages = 398–403 | doi = 10.2307/1445197 | jstor = 1445197 }}
- {{cite journal | author = Hillis D.M., Wilcox T.P. | year = 2005 | title = Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana) | journal = Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. | volume = 34 | issue = 2| pages = 299–314 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 | pmid = 15619443 }}
- {{cite journal | author = Hillis D. M. | year = 2007 | title = Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life | journal = Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. | volume = 42 | issue = 2| pages = 331–338 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001 | pmid = 16997582 }}
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Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico
Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Oriental
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Amphibians described in 2006
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