Moore's frog

For the frog found in Southwest Australia, see Western green and golden bell frog.

Moore's frog
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Lithobates
Species:	L. johni
Binomial name
Lithobates johni Frost, 2006
Synonyms
Rana moorei Blair, 1947 (preoccupied) Rana johni Blair, 1965

Moore's frog (Lithobates johni) is a species of frog in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Blair Albert P (1965). "Rana johni, Substitute Name for the Frog Rana moorei Blair". Copeia. 1965 (4): 517. doi:10.2307/1441009. JSTOR 1441009.
• Hillis D.M., Frost J.S., Webb R.G. (1984). "A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico". Copeia. 1984 (2): 398–403. doi:10.2307/1445197. JSTOR 1445197.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• 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. PMID 15619443.
• Hillis D. M. (2007). "Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42 (2): 331–338. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001. PMID 16997582.