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title: "Highland frog"
description: "Lithobates maculatus — Amfibieën. The highland frog (Lithobates maculatus), also known as the masked mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, known from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/highland-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Highland frog

> Lithobates maculatus — Amfibieën. The highland frog (Lithobates maculatus), also known as the masked mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, known from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

- Scientific name: *Lithobates maculatus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 557
- Wikidata: [Q3004890](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3004890)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65992](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65992)

## Names

- en: Highland Frog
- es: Rana manchada
- it: Rana maculata
- nl: Highland frog

## Countries with the most observations

HN (309), GT (51), SV (44), MX (23), NI (23)

## Summary

The highland frog (Lithobates maculatus), also known as the masked mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, known from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. 
Like other members of Lithobates, it is sometimes classified under the genus Rana.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_frog

## Photo

![Highland frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/highland-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sobeida Morales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122431617

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/highland-frog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).