Taxonavigation

Familia: Ranidae

Genera (16): Amolops – Babina – Clinotarsus – Glandirana – Huia – Humerana – Hylarana – Lithobates – Meristogenys – Odorrana – Pelophylax – Pseudorana – Pterorana – Rana – Sanguirana – Staurois – Sumaterana

Name

• Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814
  • Type genus: Ranaridia Rafinesque, 1814

References

• Rafinesque, 1814, Specchio Sci., 2, 2: 102.
• Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Ranidae access date 28 June 2008

• Sekiya, K.; Miura, I.; Ogata, M. 2012: A new frog species of the genus Rugosa from Sado Island, Japan (Anura, Ranidae). Zootaxa 3575: 49–62. Preview PDF Reference page. 

• Blackburn, D.C. & Wake, D.B. 2011. Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. Pp 39–55 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . PDF

• Arifin, U., Smart, U., Hertwig, S.T., Smith, E.N., Iskandar, D.T. & Haas, A. 2018. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a taxonomically unstable ranid from Sumatra, Indonesia, reveals a new genus with gastromyzophorous tadpoles and two new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 163–193. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.22120 . Reference page. 

Note:

Many genera were transferred to the familiae Arthroleptidae, Dicroglossidae, Hyperoliidae, Mantellidae, Nyctibatrachidae, Petropedetidae, Phrynobatrachidae, Ptychadenidae, Pyxicephalidae, and Rhacophoridae following a major revision by Frost (et al.) in 2006.

Vernacular names

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