2012 Surveys for Lowland Leopard Frogs (Lithobates yavapaiensis) in the Rincon/Santa Catalina Mountain Complex and Appendix A.
Hall DS. 2012 Surveys for Lowland Leopard Frogs (Lithobates yavapaiensis) in the Rincon/Santa Catalina Mountain Complex and Appendix A.. Pima County Office of Conservation Science and Environmental Policy
In the Tucson Basin the Lowland Leopard frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis) was a common, in perennial water even ubiquitous, amphibian in the valley lowlands that disappeared from the Santa Cruz River valley over the past 40-100 years. Causes of this disappearance are usually ascribed to habitat loss, nonnative predators, post-wildfire siltation, drought and disease.
- Type
- Survey
- Authors
- Hall, David
- Publisher
- Pima County Office of Conservation Science and Environmental Policy
- Units
- SAGU
- Keywords
- distribution survey, lithobates yavapaiensis, Lowland Leopard Frog, Rincon Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Riparian Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Amphibians and Reptiles , NPS.gov Subject Site: Amphibians & Reptiles , NPS.gov Subject Site: At-Risk Species , NPS.gov Subject Site: Deserts , NPS.gov Subject Site: Park Science , NPS.gov Subject Site: Science of the American Southwest