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Red-legged Frog

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The Red-legged Frog, a threatened native species in Oregon,»The Unheard Voice!, states that: "The Red Legged Frog »is a threatened native species in Oregon." (2009) is a common name for a particular kind of frog of the west coast of North America. The Red-legged Frog requires stream side, woodland environments for survival. The Red-legged Frog is further subdivided into two categories:

• California Red-legged Frog, Rana draytonii
• Northern Red-legged Frog, Rana aurora

These two have long been thought mere subspecies of Rana aurora, R. a. draytonii and R. a. aurora, respectively, with "Red-legged Frog" accordingly applying to that species as a whole. Analysis of mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data points to their being two distinct species however.Shaffer et al. (2004)

:See also Cryptic species complex

Image:Rana aurora.jpg|California Red-legged Frog
R. draytonii Image:Ranaaurorawilliamflaxington.jpeg|Northern Red-legged Frog
R. aurora

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References

• (2004): Species boundaries, phylogeography and conservation genetics of the red-legged frog (Rana aurora/draytonii) complex. Molecular Ecology 13(9): 2667–2677. [http://www.werc.usgs.gov/pt-reyes/pdfs/RLF%20taxonomy%20-%20Aug%202004.pdf PDF fulltext

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