California Red-legged Frog
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| California red-legged frog | |
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| Rana draytonii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. draytonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana draytonii Baird & Girard, 1852 |
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The California Red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) is a semi-aquatic frog. It is part of the Ranidae frogs or "true frogs". The California Red-legged frog are endemic to California and Baja California, Mexico. The frog is a near threatened species. It is protected by law.[1]
References[change]
Books[change]
- 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 PDF fulltext.
- Santos-Barrera et al. (2004). Rana aurora. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
Other websites[change]
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, http://www.fws.gov/endangered/features/rl_frog/rlfrog.html
- "Calif. Frog at Center of Protection Debate" Washington Post
