Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Lithobates Higher classification Rana | Phylum Chordata Family Ranidae Scientific name Rana tarahumarae Rank Species | |
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Similar Frog, Amphibians, Rana, Lowland leopard fr, True frog | ||
The Tarahumara frog, Lithobates tarahumarae, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Mexico and—formerly—the United States, where it is now regionally extinct. Its natural habitats are streams and plunge pools in canyons in oak and pine-oak woodland, and foothill thorn scrub and tropical deciduous forest in the Pacific coast tropical area. Permanent water is necessary for reproduction.
The decline of Tarahumara frog populations has many reasons and may include chytridiomycosis and introduced species.
The Tarahumara are a well-known indigenous tribe from the Copper Canyon of northern Mexico.
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