Lithobates lemosespinali (Smith and Chiszar, 2003)
Rana lemosespinali Smith and Chiszar, 2003, Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc., 39: 62. Holotype: LE-UBIPRO 8236, by original designation. Type locality: "between Creel and San Rafael, municipio Urique (27° 31′ 18.2″ N, 107° 50′ 50.5″ W), 2313 m", Chihuahua, Mexico.
Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Pantherana, Stertirana, Lacusirana) lemosespinali — Hillis and Wilcox, 2005, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 34: 312. See Dubois, 2006, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 317-330, Hillis, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 331-338, and Dubois, 2007, Cladistics, 23: 390-402, for relevant discussion of nomenclature. Invalid name formulation under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999) as discussed by Dubois, 2007, Cladistics, 23: 395.
Lithobates lemosespinali — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 369. Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13; by implication.
Lithobates (Lithobates) lemosespinali — Dubois, 2006, C. R. Biol., Paris, 329: 829. Dubois, 2006, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 325.
Rana (Lacusirana) lemosespinali — Hillis, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 335-336. by implication.
English Names
Lemos-Espinal's Leopard Frog (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 16).
Distribution
Southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, west of the continental divide.
Comment
A member of the Rana chiricahuensis group according to the original publication.
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