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Carpenter Frog
Lithobates virgatipes (Cope, 1891)

Current SSAR Comments:
Data provided by Pytel (1986, Herpetologica 42: 273–282) suggest that careful evaluation for cryptic species is warranted.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Carpenter Frog (Rana virgatipes: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

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

Pertinent LIterature:
1891 Cope, Edward D. A new species of frog from New Jersey. American Naturalist 25():1017–1019

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