{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox|name= | image = Montane leopard frog (Lithobates taylori) composite.jpg | image_caption = four animals from one garden in Costa Rica | status = LC | 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 taylori'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T58732A3072717 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58732A3072717.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Lithobates taylori | authority=(Smith, 1959) | synonyms = ''Rana taylori'' <small>Smith, 1959</small> }}

The '''Peralta frog''', or '''montane leopard frog''', '''''Lithobates taylori''''', is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-taylori |title=''Lithobates taylori'' (Smith, 1959) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=BCC>{{cite web |url=http://atta2.inbio.ac.cr/neoportal-web/species/Lithobates%20taylori |title=''Lithobates taylori'' |author=Luis Humberto Elizondo C. |author2=Federico Bolaños V. |year=2011 |work=Biodiversidad de Costa Rica |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad |access-date=15 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215071229/http://atta2.inbio.ac.cr/neoportal-web/species/Lithobates%20taylori |archive-date=15 February 2015 }}</ref>

==Etymology== The specific name ''taylori'' honors Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), an American herpetologist.<ref name="Beolens et al. 2013"/>

==Description== Peralta frogs are relatively large frogs, {{convert|6|-|8.5|cm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. Colouration of dorsum is tan, green, or gray, often with large elongated black spots with clear edges. The dorsolateral folds are clear but become discontinuous towards the back. Belly is white. Feet are extensively webbed.<ref name=BCC/>

==Habitat and conservation== Peralta frog is a nocturnal, semi-aquatic frog inhabiting ponds, swamps, and marshes in lowland wet forest, premontane moist and wet forests, and rainforest. Breeding takes place during the wet season. The eggs are attached to aquatic vegetation.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><ref name=BCC/> The tadpoles develop in these wetlands. It may be threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation, possibly by also water pollution from agricultural pesticides.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />

==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Beolens et al. 2013">{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT332 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |pages=331–332}}</ref> }}

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Category:Lithobates Category:Amphibians of Costa Rica Category:Amphibians of Nicaragua Category:Amphibians described in 1959 Category:Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot