Rana catesbeiana

Rana catesbeiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
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Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: Rana catesbeiana

Name

Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802

Type locality: "South Carolina", USA.

Holotype: Specimen illustrated by Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1): 106, pl. 33.

Synonyms

• Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802
• Rana pipiens Daudin, 1802
• Rana taurina Cuvier, 1817
• Rana mugiens Merrem, 1820
• Rana scapularis Harlan, 1826
• Rana conspersa LeConte, 1855
• Rana (Rana) catesbeiana — Boulenger, 1920
• Rana nantaiwuensis Hsü, 1930
• Rana mugicus — Angel, 1947
• Rana catesbyana — Smith, 1978
• Rana (Rana) catesbeiana — Dubois, 1987
• Rana (Aquarana) catesbeiana — Dubois, 1992
• Rana (Novirana, Aquarana) catesbeiana — Hillis & Wilcox, 20
• Lithobates catesbeianus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
• Lithobates (Aquarana) catesbeianus — Dubois, 2006

References

• Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1): 106.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 369.
• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. PDF fulltext
• Hillis, D. M. (2007) Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• Mata-López, R.; García-Prieto, L.; León-Règagnon, V. 2010: Helminths of the American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802), from Pawnee Lake, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA with a checklist of its helminth parasites. Zootaxa, 2544: 1–53. Preview
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Rana catesbeiana (Least Concern) Downloaded on 01 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bull Frog
français: Grenouille-taureau
한국어: 황소개구리
Nederlands: Brulkikker, Stierkikker
日本語: ウシガエル
ไทย: กบบูลฟร็อก
Türkçe: Öküz kurbağası

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