拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙
蛙科蛙属的一种两栖动物
拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙(Rana fisheri),维加斯谷蛙,是美国特有的一种蛙。牠们于美国拉斯维加斯及内华达州的克拉克县和莫戈永山西北部地区海拔370及760米出现。[2][3][4][5]
拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙 | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 两栖纲 Amphibia |
目: | 无尾目 Anura |
科: | 赤蛙科 Ranidae |
属: | 蛙属 Rana |
种: | †拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙 R. fisheri
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二名法 | |
†Rana fisheri (Stejneger, 1893)
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拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙的分布地 | |
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在克拉克县曾发现了10个拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙的标本,并存放在密歇根大学。[6][7]由于曾许久未被再次观察到,在2011年以前,它们被认为已经灭绝。[1][5]而在2011年,一项基因分析表明,拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙的DNA与分布在莫戈永山西北部地区的奇里卡瓦豹纹蛙(Rana chiricahuensis)完全一致,而后者目前仍是一个现生种。[8][9]这意味它们并没有绝灭,且与奇里卡瓦豹纹蛙的莫戈永山西北部地区种群属同一物种。[10]根据命名优先权,位于莫戈永山西北部地区的种群,重新定义归类至拉斯维加斯豹纹蛙,而分布于南部和东部地区的种群则继续沿用奇里卡瓦豹纹蛙的学名。[8]
参考
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Randy Jennings, Geoffrey Hammerson (2004) Lithobates fisheri (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- ^ Linsdale, J. M. Amphibians and reptiles of Nevada. Proceeding of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1940, 73 (8): 197–257.
- ^ Stebbins, R. C. Amphibians of western North America. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. 1951: ix+539 pp.
- ^ Stebbins, R. C. 1985. A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.. Mild. Nat. 77:323-355.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 Jennings, R.D., Riddle, B.R. and Bradford, D. 1995. Rediscovery of Rana onca, the relict leopard frog, in southern Nevada with comments on the systematic relationships of some leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) and the status of populations along the Virgin River. Unpublished report.
- ^ Platz, J. E. 1984. Status report for Rana onca Cope. Unpublished report prepared for Office of Endangered Species, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico. iv+27 pp.
- ^ Center for Biological Diversity and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. 2002. Petition to list the relict leopard frog (Rana onca) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. (Available online (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆))
- ^ 8.0 8.1 Hekkala, Evon R.; Saumure, Raymond A.; Jaeger, Jef R.; Herrmann, Hans-Werner; Sredl, Michael J.; Bradford, David F.; Drabeck, Danielle; Blum, Michael J. Resurrecting an extinct species: Archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog. Conservation Genetics. 2011, 12 (5): 1379. doi:10.1007/s10592-011-0229-6.
- ^ Bhanoo, S. N. A frog endangered but extinct no more. New York Times June 17, 2011. Accessed June 17, 2011.
- ^ Breathing life into an extinct species. Machines Like Us. June 17, 2011 [June 17, 2011]. (原始内容存档于2011年7月21日).