Lithobates sphenocephala

Lithobates sphenocephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates sphenocephala
Subspecies: L. s. sphenocephala L. s. utricularia

Name

  • Lithobates sphenocephala Cope, 1886
    • Type locality: "in a sulphur spring, near the St. John's River, about three hundred miles from Key West", Florida, USA.
    • Neotype: UMMZ 56130.

Synonyms

References

  • Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 517.
  • Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 369.
  • Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 Paywall; ResearchGate Open access Reference page. 
  • Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates sphenocephala  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana sphenocephala)

Note:

This species was briefly transferred to Lithobates by Frost et al., 2006, but was transferred back to Rana by Hillis, 2007.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Leopard Frog
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