Preferred Scientific Name
- Rana chiricahuensis
Preferred Common Name
- Chiricahua leopard frog
Other Scientific Names
- Lithobates chiricahuensis (Platz and Mecham, 1979)
Datasheet
Rana chiricahuensis (Chiricahua leopard frog)
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Top of pageInvasive Species Threats
Top of page| Invasive Species | Where Threatened | Mechanism | References | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameiurus melas (black bullhead) | Arizona | Rosen et al. (1995) | ||
| Faxonius virilis (virile crayfish) | Mexico; Arizona; New Mexico | Competition - monopolizing resources; Predation | IUCN (2012) | |
| Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish) | Arizona | |||
| Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) | Arizona | Predation | Rosen et al. (1995) | |
| Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish) | California | Competition - monopolizing resources; Predation; Rapid growth | Rosen et al. (1995) | |
| Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) | USA; Arizona | Competition; Predation | USGS (2012) | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | Arizona; New Mexico | Predation | US Fish and Wildlife Service (2007a) | |
| Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog) | Arizona | Predation | US Fish and Wildlife Service (2007a) | |
| Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout) | Mexico; USA | Predation | ISSG (2009) |
References
Top of pageIUCN, 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org/
Rosen PC; Schwalbe CR; Parizek DAJ; Holm PA; Lowe CH, 1995. Introduced aquatic vertebrates in the Chiricahua region: effects on declining ranid frogs. In: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands of Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico [ed. by DeBano, L. F. \Gottfried, G. J. \Hamre, R. H. \Edminster, C. B. \Folliott, P. F. \Ortega-Rubio, A.]. Fort Collins, Colorado, USA: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 251-261.
USGS, 2012. Non Indigenous Aquatic Species Database. Reston, Virginia, USA: US Geology Surveys. http://nas.er.usgs.gov/