Vegas Valley leopard frog
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| phylum | Chordata | The Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri) is a species of frog previously declared extinct. Once it occurred in the Las Vegas Valley, as well as Tule Springs, Clark County, southern Nevada, United States of America, at elevations between 370 and 760 m (1,210 and 2,490 ft). It was believed to be the only frog endemic to the United States to have become extinct in modern times.
In 2011, a genetic analysis using DNA from preserved museum specimens of the Vegas Valley leopard frog revealed it is 100% identical, genetically, to the northwestern Mogollon Rim populations of the Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis), which is extant but threatened. While it has been extirpated from the Las Vegas area, the frog is no longer considered extinct because it is the same species as the Chiricahua leopard frog. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to true frogs |
| class | Amphibia | |
| order | Anura | |
| family | Ranidae | |
| genus | Lithobates | |
| species | L. fisheri |
