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Rana cascadae (Cascades Frog)

Synonyms: Aurorana cascadae; Rana aurora cascadae; Rana cascadii

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in the western United States and possibly Canada, mainly in the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.13
EDGE Score: 2.9
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Attributes

Litter Size [2]  550
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  2.953 inches (7.5 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds
Adult Weight [2]  10.1 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  2 years
Male Maturity [2]  2 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
British Columbia mainland coastal forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Central and Southern Cascades forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Central Pacific coastal forests Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests  
Klamath-Siskiyou forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Sierra Nevada forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

Prey / Diet

Rana cascadae (Cascades Frog)[3]

Predators

Rana cascadae (Cascades Frog)[3]
Salmo trutta (Brown trout)[3]
Thamnophis atratus (Santa Cruz Garter Snake)[3]
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ophioxenos microphagus[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 3Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0