Phylum

Chordata

 

Subphylum

Vertebrata

 

Class

Amphibia

 

Subclass

Lissamphibia

 

Species Order

Anura

 

Species Suborder

Neobatrachia

 

Family

Ranidae

 

SubFamily

Raninae

 

Genus

Lithobates

 

Species

sylvaticus

 

Subspecies

N/A

 

Authority

(LeConte, 1825)

 

ITIS-TSN

775117

 

Taxonomy Comments

According to the taxonomic authority, 2008 edition, this species' genus changed from Rana to Lithobates, and the scientific name changed slightly from sylvatica to sylvaticus. *12328*

 

References for Taxonomy

Ref.Id	Citation
1024	Parker, S.P. (Ed.), 1982, Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, 1232 pp pgs., McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY
2582	Wright, A.H., Wright, A.A., 1949, Handbook of frogs and toads of the United State and Canada, 640 pgs., Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, N.Y
10939	Collins, Joseph T., 1990, Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles, 41 pgs., Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, KS
12328	Crother, B. I. (Ed.), 2008, Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, Herpetological Circular 37, 84 pgs., Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles