Rana Verde Verdadera
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| Rana palmipes Spix, 1824 |
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| Rana affinis Peters, 1859
Ranula gollmerii Peters, 1859, Lithobates palmipes
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The Rana Verde Verdadera (Rana palmipes) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 PDF fulltext.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
- La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Hardy, J. 2004. Rana palmipes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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