Highland frog

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Highland frog
File:Rana maculata.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. maculatus
Binomial name
Lithobates maculatus
Brocchi, 1877
Synonyms
  • Rana maculata, Brocchi, 1877

The highland frog (Lithobates maculatus),[2] also known as the masked mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, known from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

Like other members of Lithobates, it is sometimes classified under the genus Rana.[4]

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