Tarahumara Frog
Lithobates tarahumare
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- L. tarahumarae – Sonora, MX – photo from iNaturalist, John Sullivan
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Lithobates tarahumare occurs in extreme south-central Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: Lithobates tarahumare is protected in the State of Arizona.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lithobates tarahumare (Boulenger, 1917)
Genus: Lithobates, Greek – lithos = stone + bates = one that treads or climbs – ref. one that treads on rock or climbs rocks
Species: tarahumare, of the Sierra Tarahumare — type locality, Mexico, 1917
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962