Vaillant's frog (''Lithobates vaillanti'')
is a species of
frog in the family
Ranidae found in Central America. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical dry
forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s,
rivers, swamps, freshwater
lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater
marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, water storage areas,
ponds, and
canals and ditches.
References
Further reading
*Hillis, D.M., and de Sá, R. (1984): Phylogeny and taxonomy of the ''Rana palmipes'' species group (Salientia: Ranidae). ''Herpetological Monographs'' 2: 1-26.
*Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (''Rana''). ''
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 34(2): 299–314.
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*Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. '' Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 42: 331–338.
*Pauly, Greg B., Hillis, David M. & Cannatella, David C. (2009): Taxonomic freedom and the role of official lists of species names. ''Herpetologica'' 65: 115–128
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Lithobates
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1877
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