| Species ID | 020440 |
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| Other Common Names | |
| Category | 02 Amphibians |
| Phylum | |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Subclass | |
| Suborder | |
| Family | Ranidae |
| Genus | Rana |
| Species | juliani |
| Subspecies | |
| References | 2 |
2* J. C. Lee (1976) reported the first known specimens as R. maculata but noted that the tadpoles were distinctive. Hillis and de Sa (1988) showed that the adult and larval morphology are distinctive enough to warrant specific status and made this a sister species of R. maculata and R. sierramadrensis. The biosystematics of R. juliani was treated by Hillis and de Sa (1988) as part of their revision of the R. palmipes group.
| DISTRICT | References |
| Belize, Belize | 1 |
| Cayo, Belize | 1 |
| Stann Creek, Belize | 1 |
| Toledo, Belize | 1 |
| Administrative Unit | Occurrence | Abundance | Temporal | References |
| Hidden Valley & Falls (Bull Run) | Photographed | Unknown, insufficient data | August | 3 |
| Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private) | 1 | |||
| Hidden Valley & Falls (Bull Run) | 1 | |||
| Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve | 1 | |||
| Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 1 | |||
| Bladen Nature Reserve | 1 | |||
| Columbia River Forest Reserve | 1 |
| ELEVATION Association | References |
| 601-800 m | 3 |
| QUAD Distribution | References |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 3 |
| 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' | 1 |
| 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 1 |
| 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 1 |
| 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 1 |
| 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' | 1 |
| 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' | 1 |
| 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' | 1 |
| Holdridge Life Zone Distribution | References |
| Subtropical wet | 3 |
Comments on Distribution
2* This species is endemic to the Maya Mountains of Belize, where it is presently known from five localities. These frogs can be expected in many of the swift-flowing rocky streams that drain the Mountain Pine Ridge of Belize. 3* Miller, C.M. (1992). Natural history voucher photograph collection. Unnamed stream, Hidden Valley Lodge.
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| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
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Life History Narrative
Rana juliani is common in the streams of Mountain Pine Ridge in the Maya Mountains, as well as in the vicinity of Little Quartz Ridge, Toledo. Individuals of this species are wary and difficult to capture. They leap into the water at the slightest disturbance. Concerning the type series, which was collected by W. F. Pyburn and associates at Little Quartz Ridge, Belize, Pyburn noted that they were "extremely shy and difficult to approach" (W. F. Pyburn, in litt.). Tadpoles have been taken from beneath the shrub-choked overhanging banks of Vaqueros Creek at San Luis and at Little Vaqueros Creek (J. C. Lee, 1976:211). Little is known of reproduction in this species, but at Vaqueros Creek, Cayo, I found tadpoles ranging from Gosner stages 26 to 33 in August, suggesting that breeding occurs during the summer rainy season. Tadpoles collected in mid-August metamorphosed in the laboratory in late September or early October.
Life History References
2
| References/Result | Reference Numbers |
1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York. 3 Miller, C.M. 1992. Natural history voucher photograph collection.