Showy leopard frog
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The showy leopard frog (Lithobates spectabilis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater lakes, and water storage areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Hillis, D.M. & Frost, J.S. (1985): Three new species of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from the Mexican Plateau. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 117: 1–14.
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology 19: 39–63.
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- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.