Rana sphenocephala (Cope, 1886)
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Rana sphenocephala (Cope, 1886) |
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Rana sphenocephala (Cope, 1886) View in CoL
Examined material. UNITED STATES • 2 via sur- vey, 2 via iNaturalist; Texas, Harris County, Houston ; 29.7712°N, 095.5694°W; first encounter on 4 Feb. 2018; capture via transect survey GoogleMaps .
Identification. This species exhibits an elongated head with a pointed snout. Typically exhibiting a brownish color with light lines on the upper lip and distinct light spots on the eardrum. This species can be identified from Rana catesbeiana and Rana clamitans due to its prominent dorsolateral folds that extend down the length of the body reaching the groin ( Powell et al. 2016). A number of authors use Lithobates as the genus name for this species. We use Rana , following Yuan et al. (2016).
Reptilia
Family Chelydridae
Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016) Peterson field guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 608 pp.
Yuan ZY, Zhou WW, Chen X, Poyarkov NA, Chen HM, Jang-Liaw NH, Chou WH, Matzke NJ, Iizuka K, Min M-S, Kuzmin SL, Zhang YP, Cannatella DC, Hillis DM, Che J (2016) Spatiotemporal diversification of the true frogs (Genus Rana): a historical framework for a widely studied group of model organisms. Systematic Biology 65: 824 - 842. https: // doi. org / 10 / gg 88 q 3
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