Rana warszewitschii

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 warszewitschii
Name

Lithobates warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857)
Type locality: "Unweit des Vulcanes Chiriqui, zwischen 6000´ und 7000´ Höhe [Polish feet, therefore = 1370-1600 m according to Savage, 1970, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 38: 273–288], in einem feuchten, nie trockenen Klima von 12-14°R", Panama.
Holotype: KM 1006/1338.

Synonyms

Ixalus warszewitschii Schmidt, 1857
Ixalus warschewitschii — Schmidt, 1858
Rana coeruleopunctata Steindachner, 1864
Ranula chrysoprasina Cope, 1866
Ranula coeruleopunctata — Cope, 1866
Hylarana coeruleopunctata — Steindachner, 1867
Trypheropsis chrysoprasinus — Cope, 1868
Rana caeruleopunctata — Boulenger, 1882
Rana chrysoprasina — Boulenger, 1882
Hylarana chrysoprasina — Brocchi, 1882
Chilixalus Warszewiczii — Werner, 1899
Rana zeteki Barbour, 1925
Rana warschewitschii zeteki — Dunn, 1931
Rana warschewitschii warschewitschii — Dunn, 1931
Rana warszewitschii — Harding, 1983
Rana (Rana) warszewitschii — Dubois, 1987
Rana (Trypheropsis) warszewitschii — Dubois, 1992
Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Ranula, Levirana, Trypheropsis) warszewitschii — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
Lithobates warszewitschii — Frost et al. 2006
Lithobates (Lithobates) warszewitschii — Dubois, 2006
Lithobates warszewitschii — Frost et al. 2009
Lithobates warszewitschii — 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
Cryer, J., Wynne, F., Price, S.J. & Puschendorf, R. 2019. Cryptic diversity in Lithobates warszewitschii (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae). Zookeys, 838: 49–69. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.838.29635 Reference page.
Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61: 305–352. PDF
Dubois, A. 2006. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. Paris 329: 823–840. 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
Frost, D. R., McDiamid, R. & J. R. Mendelson III. 2009. Response to the point of view of Gregory B. Pauly, David M. Hillis, and David C. Cannatella, by the Anuran subcommittee of the SSAR/HL/ASIH scientific and standard English names list. Herpetologica, 65(2), 2009, 136–153. 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
Schmidt, O. 1857. Diagnosen neuer Frösche des zoologischen Cabinets zu Krakau. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 24: 10–15.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates warszewitschii (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 2 July 2008. (as Rana warszewitschii)

Vernacular names
English: Warszewitsch's Frog

Warszewitsch's frog (Lithobates warszewitschii) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.[1][2][3][4]

Description

L. warszewitschii is medium-sized: males grow to 52 mm (2.0 in) and females to 63 mm (2.5 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is pointed. They have large or small green patches on a golden brown background on their backs; the colouration darkens to brown along the sides. The dark area extends forward onto the face to form a "mask". They also have a light lip line. The dorsolateral folds have lighter colouration, usually golden or yellow. The feet are extensively webbed.[3]
Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are humid lowland, montane, and gallery forests, where it is found near streams,[1] but it can also be found far from streams.[4] It can survive even in small forest patches. Some populations seem to have suffered from chytridiomycosis, but more recently recovered. It is also affected by habitat loss.[1]
References

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates warszewitschii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58749A146928992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58749A146928992.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
"Lithobates warszewitschii". Amphibians of Panama. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

Luis Humberto Elizondo C.; Federico Bolaños V. (2011). "Lithobates warszewitschii". Biodiversidad de Costa Rica. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Retrieved 8 February 2015.