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Tailed frog, Ascaphus montanus

Authors: Michael J Adams
Contribution Number: 140

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp5xd

Abstract/Summary

Nielson et al. (2001) recommended that the genus Ascaphus be split into two species: tailed frogs (A. truei) and Montana tailed frogs (A. montanus). Their analysis was based on divergence of mitochondrial DNA and was consistent with previous allozyme work (Daugherty, 1979). The following account highlights references that are specific to the new species. Refer to the Ascaphus truei account for a complete review of the genus Ascaphus.

Publication details
Published Date: 2005
Outlet/Publisher: p 382 in Lannoo M (editor). Amphibian declines: the conservation status of United States species. Berkeley: University of California Press
Media Format: .PDF
Tailed frog (<em>Ascaphus truei</em>).<br />Photo by: Brome McCreary

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei).
Photo by: Brome McCreary

ARMI Organizational Units:
Pacific Northwest - Biology
Topics:
Species and their Ecology
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