| Tlaloc's leopard frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. tlaloci |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates tlaloci (Hillis & Frost, 1985) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana tlaloci Hillis & Frost, 1985 | |
Tlaloc's leopard frog (Lithobates tlaloci), or rana de Tláloc in Spanish, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to the Valley of Mexico. It is most likely extinct.
Tlaloc's leopard frog inhabited wetland areas in the surroundings of southern Mexico City. The suitable habitat disappeared because of rapid urbanization.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates tlaloci". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19182A53948302. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T19182A53948302.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Hillis, D.M. & Frost, J.S. (1985). Three new species of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) from the Mexican Plateau. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 117:1-14
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates tlaloci (Hillis and Frost, 1985)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Lithobates tlaloci | |
| Rana tlaloci | |
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