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Mississippi gopher frog
Conservation status
Mississippi gopher frog
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Mississippi gopher frog
Endangered (ESA)[2][3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species:
L. sevosus
Binomial name
Lithobates sevosus
(Goin & Netting, 1940)
Synonyms[4]
  • Rana sevosa
    Goin & Netting, 1940
  • Rana capito sevosa
    — A.H. Wright & A.A. Wright, 1942
  • Rana areolata sevosa
    — Viosca, 1949
  • Rana sevosa
    — Young & Crother, 2001
  • Lithobates sevosus
    — Frost et al., 2007

The Mississippi gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus), also known commonly as the dark gopher frog, the dusky gopher frog, and the St. Tammany gopher frog, is a critically endangered species of frog in the family Ranidae (true frogs). The species is endemic to the southern United States.[4] Its natural habitats are temperate coastal forests and intermittent freshwater marshes.[1] This secretive frog is on average 3 in (8 cm) long,[5] with a dark brown or black dorsal surface covered in warts.[3] It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.[2]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Lithobates sevosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58714A118983642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T58714A118983642.en. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b 66 FR 62993
  4. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lithobates sevosus (Goin and Netting, 1940)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Mississippi Gopher Frog (distinct population segment of Rana capito sevosa)" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2017.

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