{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{for|the frog found in Southwest Australia|Western green and golden bell frog}} {{Speciesbox | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Lithobates johni'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T58628A53970752 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58628A53970752.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Lithobates johni | authority = Frost, 2006 | synonyms = * ''Rana moorei'' <small>Blair, 1947 (preoccupied)</small> * ''Rana johni'' <small>Blair, 1965</small> }}
'''Moore's frog''' ('''''Lithobates johni''''') is a species of frog in the true frog family (Ranidae). It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite journal | author = Blair Albert P | year = 1965 | title = ''Rana johni'', Substitute Name for the Frog ''Rana moorei'' Blair | journal = Copeia | volume = 1965 | issue = 4| page = 517 | doi = 10.2307/1441009 | jstor = 1441009 }} * {{cite journal | author = Hillis D.M., Frost J.S., Webb R.G. | year = 1984 | title = A new species of frog of the ''Rana tarahumarae'' group from southwestern Mexico | journal = Copeia | volume = 1984 | issue = 2| pages = 398–403 | doi = 10.2307/1445197 | jstor = 1445197 }} * {{cite journal | author = Hillis D.M., Wilcox T.P. | year = 2005 | title = Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (''Rana'') | journal = Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. | volume = 34 | issue = 2| pages = 299–314 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 | pmid = 15619443 }} * {{cite journal | author = Hillis D. M. | year = 2007 | title = Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life | journal = Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. | volume = 42 | issue = 2| pages = 331–338 | doi = 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.001 | pmid = 16997582 }}
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Category:Lithobates Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Oriental Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 2006
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