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Article: The Tarahumara frog: return of a native.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
- Author:
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For almost two decades, the Tarahumara frog (Rana tarahumarae) has been absent from the southern Arizona canyons and deep plunge pools to which it had adapted over millennia. Today, the Tarahumara Frog Conservation Team, a consortium of researchers, interested members of the public, and representatives from state and federal wildlife and land management agencies, is making strides toward returning this extirpated species to Arizona.
The Tarahumara frog is known historically from 63 localities within montane canyons from extreme southern Arizona south to northern Sinaloa and southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. Its range is thought to be centered in the northern Sierra ...