Lithobates virgatipes
(Cope, 1891)
lith-oh-BAY-tees — vir-gat-EH-pez
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Data provided by Pytel (1986, Herpetologica 42: 273–282) suggest that careful evaluation for
cryptic species is warranted.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.09.21.53.11)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Carpenter Frog (Rana virgatipes: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1891
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Cope, Edward D. A new species of frog from New Jersey. American Naturalist 25:1017–1019
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1968
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Gosner, Kenneth L. and Black, Irving H. Rana virgatipes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (67):1-2
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1985
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Hillis, David M. Evolutionary genetics and systematics of New World frogs of the genus Rana: An analysis of ribosomal DNA, allozymes, and morphology. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence. pp.
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2003
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Austin, James D., Stephen C. Lougheed, Paul E. Moler, and Peter T. Boag. Phylogenetics, zoogeography, and the role of dispersal and vicariance in the evolution of the Rana catesbeiana (Anura: Ranidae) species group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80:601-624
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2022
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MacGuigan, Daniel J., Genevieve G. Mount, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Thomas J. Near, and Max R. Lambert. Genomic data clarify Aquarana systematics and reveal isolation-by-distance
dominates phylogeography of the wide-ranging frog Rana clamitans. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(3):602-617
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