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Rana  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173434

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pseudoamolops Jiang, Fei, Ye, Zeng, Zhen, Xie and Chen, 1997
  
    Pseudoamolops Fei, Ye and Jiang, 2000
  
    Ranaria Rafinesque, 1814
  
    Crotaphitis Schulze, 1891
  
  Common Name(s): True Frogs [English]
  
    Brown Frogs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            FamilyRanidae Batsch, 1796  
                               GenusRana Linnaeus, 1758 – True Frogs, Brown Frogs  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Rana amurensis Boulenger, 1886  
                                  Species Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842  
                                  Species Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898  
                                  Species Rana chaochiaoensis Liu, 1946  
                                  Species Rana chensinensis David, 1875  
                                  Species Rana chevronta Hu and Ye, 1978  
                                  Species Rana coreana Okada, 1928  
                                  Species Rana culaiensis Li, Lu and Li, 2008  
                                  Species Rana dabieshanensis Wang, Qian, Zhang, Guo, Pan, Wu, Wang and Zhang, 2017  
                                  Species Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1838  
                                  Species Rana dybowskii Günther, 1876  
                                  Species Rana graeca Boulenger, 1891  
                                  Species Rana hanluica Shen, Jiang and Yang, 2007  
                                  Species Rana huanrensis Fei, Ye and Huang, 1990  
                                  Species Rana iberica Boulenger, 1879  
                                  Species Rana italica Dubois, 1987  
                                  Species Rana japonica Boulenger, 1879  
                                  Species Rana jiemuxiensis Yan, Jiang, Chen, Fang, Jin, Li, Wang, Murphy, Che and Zhang, 2011  
                                  Species Rana jiulingensis Wan, Lyu and Wang, 2020  
                                  Species Rana johnsi Smith, 1921  
                                  Species Rana kobai Matsui, 2011  
                                  Species Rana kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918  
                                  Species Rana kyoto Eto, Matsui and Sugahara, 2022  
                                  Species Rana latastei Boulenger, 1879  
                                  Species Rana longicrus Stejneger, 1898  
                                  Species Rana luanchuanensis Zhao and Yuan, 2017  
                                  Species Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885  
                                  Species Rana maoershanensis Lu, Li and Jiang, 2007  
                                  Species Rana matsuoi Eto and Matsui, 2023  
                                  Species Rana minuscula Liu, Wang, Huang, Liu, Yu and Che, 2024  
                                  Species Rana neba Ryuzaki, Hasegawa and Kuramoto, 2014  
                                  Species Rana okiensis Daito, 1969  
                                  Species Rana omeimontis Ye and Fei in Ye, Fei and Hu, 1993  
                                  Species Rana ornativentris Werner, 1903  
                                  Species Rana parvipalmata López-Seoane, 1885  
                                  Species Rana pirica Matsui, 1991  
                                  Species Rana pseudodalmatina Eiselt and Schmidtler, 1971  
                                  Species Rana pyrenaica Serra-Cobo, 1993  
                                  Species Rana qianjiang Gao, Luo and Luo, 2012  
                                  Species Rana qui Chen, 2024  
                                  Species Rana sakuraii Matsui and Matsui, 1990  
                                  Species Rana sangzhiensis Shen, 1986  
                                  Species Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909  
                                  Species Rana tagoi Okada, 1928  
                                  Species Rana taihangensis Chen, 2022  
                                  Species Rana tavasensis Baran and Atatür, 1986  
                                  Species Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 – European frog 
                                  Species Rana tsushimensis Stejneger, 1907  
                                  Species Rana uenoi Matsui, 2014  
                                  Species Rana ulma Matsui, 2011  
                                  Species Rana wuyiensis Wu, Shi, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Hoang, Wu and Wang, 2021  
                                  Species Rana yakushimensis Nakatani and Okada, 1966  
                                  Species Rana zhenhaiensis Ye, Fei and Matsui, 1995  
                                  Species Rana zhijinensis Luo, Xiao and Zhou, 2022  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Rana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Rana   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Rana   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Rana   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular No. 37   
  Page(s): 1-84   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-74-5   
  Notes: Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php   
  Reference for: Rana, Brown Frogs [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 29   
  Page(s): iv + 82   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-54-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rana, True Frogs [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, K. de Queiroz, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 29   
  Page(s): iv + 82   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-54-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: True Frogs[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rana   
       

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