Ranidae

Clinotarsus curtipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• Ranaridia Rafinesque, 1814
• Ranarinia — Rafinesque, 1815
• Ranae — Goldfuss, 1820
• Ranadae — Gray, 1825
• Ranina — Gray, 1825
• Ranoidea — Fitzinger, 1826
• Ranidae — Boie, 1828
• Ranaria — Hemprich, 1829
• Raniadae Smith, 1831
• Ranina — Bonaparte, 1832
• Ranae — Tschudi, 1838
• Ranidae — Bonaparte, 1840
• Raniformes — Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Limnodytae Fitzinger, 1843
• Ranini — Bronn, 1849
• Raninae — Bronn, 1849
• Ranidae — Bonaparte, 1850
• Ranoides — Bruch, 1862
• Ranoidea — Wied-Neuwied, 1865
• Ranida — Haeckel, 1866
• Ranidi — Acloque, 1900
• Ranoidea — Laurent, 1967
• Limnodytini — Dubois, 1981
• Amolopsinae Yang, 1991
• Ranoidae — Dubois, 1992
• Amolopinae — Zhang & Wen, 2000
• Ranoidia — Dubois, 2005
• Stauroini Dubois, 2005
• Amolopini — Scott, 2005

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

беларуская: Звычайныя жабы
català: Granota
Deutsch: Echte Frösche
English: True Frogs
suomi: Aitosammakot
Nordfriisk: Hobelfasker
עברית: צפרדעיים
magyar: Valodi bekak
日本語: アカガエル科
한국어: 개구리과
norsk: Frosker
svenska: Akta grodor
ไทย: กบนา, กบแท้
Türkçe: Gerçek su kurbağaları
українська: Жаб'ячі
中文: 蛙科

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