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Chiricahua Leopard Frog
Lithobates chiricahuensis (Platz and Mecham, 1979)

Current SSAR Comments:
The status of Mexican populations needs study. Rana subaquavocalis Platz, 1993, is a synonym according to Goldberg et al. (2004, Journal of Herpetology 38: 313–319), although some authors (e.g., Hillis and Wilcox, 2005, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 299–314; Dubois, 2006, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. Paris 329: 823–840) have continued to recognize the two taxa as distinct species, without comment.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Arizona New Mexico

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1957 Ruibal, Rodolfo. An altitudinal and latitudinal cline in Rana pipiens. Copeia 1957(3):212-221
1979 Platz, James E. and John S. Mecham. Rana chiricahuensis, a new species of leopard frog (Rana pipiens complex) from Arizona. Copeia 1979():383–390
1984 Platz, James E. and John S. Mecham. Rana chiricahuensis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (347):1-2
1985 Hillis, David M. Evolutionary genetics and systematics of New World frogs of the genus Rana: An analysis of ribosomal DNA, allozymes, and morphology. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence. pp.
2006 Dubois, Alain. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. Paris. (Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences) 329(10):823–840

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