Puebla frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | status = PE | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Lithobates pueblae'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T58702A53971515 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58702A53971515.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Lithobates pueblae | authority = (Zweifel, 1955) | synonyms = ''Rana pueblae'' <small>Zweifel, 1955</small> }}

The '''Puebla frog'''<ref name=frost/> or '''Pueblan pool frog'''<ref name="National Museums Scotland"/> ('''''Lithobates pueblae''''') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Necaxa River near Huauchinango, Puebla state, Mexico,<ref name="frost">{{cite web |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |title=''Lithobates pueblae'' (Zweifel, 1955) |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-pueblae |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530123713/http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Lithobates/Lithobates-pueblae |archive-date=2016-05-30 |access-date=14 May 2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History}}</ref> where it is known as ''rana poblana''.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> It was thought to probably be extinct<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> until 2010 when Dr. Georg Hantke from the National Museum of Scotland re-discovered it.<ref name="National Museums Scotland">{{cite web |author= |year= |title=Pueblan pool frogs |url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/collections-stories/natural-sciences/pueblan-pool-frogs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012032402/https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/stories/natural-world/pueblan-pool-frogs/ |archive-date=2016-10-12 |access-date=14 May 2016 |publisher=National Museums Scotland}}</ref>

Natural habitats of the Puebla frog are pine and pine-oak forests near permanent river systems, its breeding habitat. It is threatened by loss of its river habitat, damming of Necaxa River being an important contributor.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

Category:Lithobates Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Oriental Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Amphibians described in 1955