MCZ Herpetology A-137809

Lithobates clamitans melanota (Rafinesque, 1820)

Syntype of Rana nigricans

Date Collected:

1848-01-01/1848-12-31

North America: Canada/United States | Lake Superior

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Current Identification
Lithobates clamitans melanota (Rafinesque, 1820)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Common Name(s): Green frog; Northern Green Frog
Determiner: systematic card on 2015-07-20
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: SICA: Rana clamitans melanota
Previous Identifications
Rana nigricans
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Determiner: Louis Agassizlinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Louis Agassiz/1878
Rana clamitans melanota (Rafinesque, 1820)
Animalia Chordata Amphibia Lissamphibia Anura Ranoidea Ranidae
Common Name(s): Green Frog; Northern Green Frog; pond frog
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Agassiz 1850, page 379, Syntype of Rana nigricans types not specified in text; however, collector and locality match
Barbour and Loveridge 1929, page 330, Voucher of Rana nigricans
Media type: text; Agassiz 1850 Description: Lake Superior, its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, part II: Natural History;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz 1850 Description: Lake Superior, its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, part II: Natural History

Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10;

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  • muse location number: ZA7
  • previous number: MCZ-A-7(3)

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

  • None

  • None

  • TYPE: Current ID = Rana clamitans melanota (note in jar with specimens says 'det. Goin & Mecham I-25-52')

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada/United States
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lake Superior
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lake Superior
  • Locality Remarks:
  • STA: Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin (USA); Ontario (Canada)
  • Georeference:
  • 47.7134060°, -88.244170° (Error radius: 316275m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-03-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1848-01-01 / 1848-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1848-1848
  • Collector:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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