Rana vaillanti
Vaillant's Frog
Brocchi, 1877
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Anura
Family:
Ranidae
Description
C
oloration:
Size:
S/V 76-125 mm
67-94 mm
Toe Length:
Teeth:
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Skin:
Vocalization:
Distribution
Mexico, Nicaragau, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador
Habitat & Ecology
Information Pending
Reproduction
Information Pending
Conservation
Status:
Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens amphibians worldwide.
Other Comments
Information Pending
References
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988
Middle American Herpetology.
Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Hillis, D.M.; De Sa, R. 1988 Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes group (Salientia: Ranidae) Herp. Mono., 2:1-26
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp
Other Available References
from
Amphibian Species of the World
Rana vaillanti
Brocchi, 1877, Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris, 7: 154-179 [175]. Holotype: MNHNP 6328. Type locality: "Belize (Honduras)" = Belize, Belize; reported as "Mullins River, near Belize, British Honduras" by Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 1-224.
Rana palmipes hoffmanni
Müller, 1924, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 11: 80. Types: ZMB 4900. Type locality: "Costarica". Synonymy by XXXX.
Rana (Lithobates) vaillanti
--Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 330.
Reference written by Mark Tway,
Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
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