Lithobates blairi

Lithobates blairi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates blairi

Name

• Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown, 1973)
  • Type locality: "1. 6 km W New Deal, Lubbock Co[unty]., Texas", USA.
  • Holotype: UMMZ 131690.

Synonyms

• Rana blairi Mecham et al. 1973
  • Rana (Rana) blairi — Dubois, 1981
  • Rana (Rana) blairi — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Pantherana) blairi — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Pantherana, Scurrilirana) blairi — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates blairi — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) blairi — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates blairi — Crother, 2012

References

• Crother, B.I. (2012). Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Herpetological Circular no. 39. 92pp. PDF
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M., & Wheeler W.C. 2006. The Amphibian Tree OF Life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Number 297, 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices PDF
• 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 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• Mecham, J.S., Littlejohn, M.J., Oldham, R.S., Brown, L.E. & Brown, J.R. 1973. A new species of leopard frog (Rana pipiens complex) from the plains of the central United States. Occasional Papers. The Museum, Texas Tech University 18: 1–11. BHL Reference page. 
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates blairi  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 01 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Plains Leopard Frog