Liurana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamilia: Liuraninae
Genus: Liurana
Species (10): L. alpina – L. himalayana – L. indica – L. kempii – L. medogensis – L. menba – L. minuta – L. namchabarwa – L. vallecula – L. xizangensis

Name

Liurana Dubois, 1987: 65

• Type species: Cornufer xizangensis Hu, 1977, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Dubois, A. [1986] 1987. Miscellanea taxinomica batrachologica (I). Alytes 5: 7–95.

Additional references

• Yan, F., Jiang, K., Wang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Suwannapoom, C., Li, C., Vindum, J.V., Brown, R.M. & Che, J. 2016. The Australasian frog family Ceratobatrachidae in China, Myanmar and Thailand: discovery of a new Himalayan forest frog clade. Zoological Research 37(1): 7–14. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.7 Reference page. 
• Jiang, K., Wang, K., Wang, Y.-F., Li, C. & Che, J. 2019. A new species of the endemic Himalayan genus Liurana (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, with comments on the distribution, reproductive biology, and conservation of the genus. Zoological Research 40(3): 175-184. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.025 Reference page. 
• Boruah, B., Deepak, V. & Das, A. 2025. Revision of bush frogs, Raorchestes and Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the northeast Indian biodiversity hotspot with description of thirteen new species. Vertebrate Zoology 75: 517–625. DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e148133 Reference page. 
• Yu, H.-Q., Lin, Y.-H., Shi, S.-C., Zhu, B.-C., Wang, B., Jiang, J.-P. & Xie, F. 2025. Liurana menba sp. nov., Another New Papilla-tongued Frog Species from Medog, China (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae). Asian Herpetological Research 16(3): 272–280. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2025.0014 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Papilla-tongued Frogs