The Maya Mountains frog (''Lithobates juliani'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
in the family
Ranidae found in Belize and possibly Guatemala. Its natural
habitat
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s are
subtropical
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or tropical moist lowland
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s, moist
savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
, and
river
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s. This anuran is found primarily in the Mayan Mountain region between 100m and 915m of elevation.
References
Sources
* (1984). Phylogeny and taxonomy of the ''Rana palmipes'' species group (Salientia: Ranidae). ''Herpetological Monographs'' 2: 1-26.
* (2005). Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (''Rana''). ''
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 34(2): 299–314.
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* (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. '' Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 42: 331–338.
* (2013). Belizean Pine Forests. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. ed. M. Mcginley.
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Lithobates
Amphibians of Belize
Amphibians described in 1988
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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