Vegas Valley leopard frog

Vegas Valley leopard frog

Extinct (1942)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Presumed Extinct (1942)  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
†L. fisheri
Binomial name
†Lithobates fisheri
(Stejneger, 1893)
Former range (in red)
Synonyms

Rana fisheri
Rana pipiens fisheri
Rana onca fisheri
Rana (Rana) fisheri
Rana (Pantherana) fisheri

The Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri), also known as the Las Vegas leopard frog, is an extinct species of frog.[1] It once occurred in the Las Vegas Valley, as well as Tule Springs, Clark County, southern Nevada in the United States, at elevations between 370 and 760 m (1,210 and 2,490 ft).[3][4][5][6] It was believed to be the only frog endemic to the United States to have become extinct in modern times.[7]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. Lithobates fisheri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T19148A54357815. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T19148A54357815.en. Accessed on 15 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Lithobates fisheri. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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