Lithobates

Lithobates; Temporal range: Early Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A close up of a male American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Lithobates; Fitzinger, 1843
Type species
	Rana palmipes; Spix, 1824
Species
	7 to 50, depending on the definition
Synonyms
	†Anchylorana Taylor, 1942;

Lithobates, commonly known as the bullfrogs, is a genus of true frogs, of the family Ranidae.^[1] The name is derived from litho- (stone) and the Greek bates (βάτης, one that treads), meaning one that treads on rock, or rock climber.^[2]^[3] As presently defined, it includes many of eastern North America's most familiar aquatic frog species, including the American bullfrog, green frog, and the leopard frogs.

^ Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.
^ βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project one that treads or covers

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[2] Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.

[3] βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project one that treads or covers

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