Lithobates heckscheri
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| Species: | R. heckscheri
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| Rana heckscheri Wright, 1924
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The river frog (Lithobates heckscheri) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to the United States.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Hammerson, G. 2004. Rana heckscheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- 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 PDF fulltext.
- Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42: 331–338.
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