Lithobates

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Genus of amphibians

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::summary Genus of amphibians ::

| fossil_range = | image = Lithobates catesbeianus PP.jpg | image_caption = A close up of a male American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) | taxon = Lithobates | authority = Fitzinger, 1843 | type_species = Rana palmipes | type_species_authority = Spix, 1824 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 7 to 50, depending on the definition | synonyms = * Anchylorana Taylor, 1942

Lithobates, commonly known as the bullfrogs, is a genus of true frogs, of the family Ranidae. As presently defined, it includes many of eastern North America's most familiar aquatic frog species, including the American bullfrog, green frog, and the leopard frogs.

Systematics

The name was defined by Hillis and Wilcox (2005) for a subgenus of four Central and South American frogs within the genus Rana. The subgenus was subsequently expanded to seven species in Central and South America in a systematic revision of the genus Rana. The name was previously used by Frost et al. as a separate genus of ranid frogs that included most of the North American frogs traditionally included in the genus Rana, including the American bullfrog and northern leopard frog. Frost used the name in this sense in the frog section of a North American common names list edited by Crother (2008). This proposed change has since been rejected by others, such as Stuart (2008), Pauly et al. (2009), AmphibiaWeb, and Yuan et al. (2016). AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/, an online compendium of amphibian names, follows Yuan et al. (2016) in recognizing Lithobates as a subgenus. On the other hand, Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an online reference, uses Lithobates as a genus. This definition is also followed by, e.g., the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

The earliest known members of this genus are known from the Early Miocene of Florida, and appear to belong to the leopard frog species complex.

Species

Recent species

These species are recognised in the genus Lithobates:

Alternatively, if Lithobates is treated as a subgenus (neotropical true frogs), then this narrower definition would contain the following species:

Fossil species

The following fossil species are known, all assignable to the L. pipiens (leopard frog) complex:

References

References

  1. Dodd, C. Kenneth. (2013). "Frogs of the United States and Canada". The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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  3. (2005). "Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana)". [[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  4. (2007). "Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life". [[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  5. (2016). "Spatiotemporal diversification of the true frogs (genus Rana): A historical framework for a widely studied group of model organisms". Systematic Biology.
  6. Frost, Darrel R. (2006): Amphibian Species of the World Version 3 - [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=15026 Petropedetidae Noble, 1931]. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2006-AUG-05., Frost, Darrel R. et al. (2006): The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Number 297. New York.
  7. "Standard and Common Names".
  8. Stuart, Bryan L. (2008): The phylogenetic problem of ''Huia'' (Amphibia: Ranidae). ''[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.]]'' '''46'''(1): 49–60 {{doi. 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 (HTMl abstract)
  9. (2009). "Taxonomic freedom and the role of official lists of species names". Herpetologica.
  10. AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2012. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=rana ''Rana'']
  11. Sanchiz, B.. (2012-01-01). "Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians". Graellsia.
  12. (August 2012). "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Seventh edition. SSAR Herpetological circular No. 39". Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR).
  13. Frost, Darrel R.. (2016). "''Lithobates'' Fitzinger, 1843". American Museum of Natural History.
  14. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-1". International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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