• Scientific name: Rana chiricahuensis.
• Status: Listed as threatened since 2002.
• Reasons for decline: Disease, habitat loss, competition from non-native species and drought.
• Description: Spotted, greenish with a raised fold of skin running down each side of its back. Grows from 2 to 5 inches in length.
• Habitat: Historically found in bodies of water and livestock tanks at higher elevations in Central, East-Central and Southeastern Arizona, in west-central and southwestern New Mexico and in parts of Mexico.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
