Rana (genus)

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Rana is a genus of frogs. Species include the Marsh Frog, and the Bullfrog. Members of this genus can be found on all continents except Antarctica.

These true frogs are characterized by their slim waists and smooth skin. They are excellent jumpers due to their long slender legs. The typical webbing found on their hind feet allows for easy movement through water.

Most frogs in this genus breed in early spring, with the male initiating with his unique call. Females lay eggs in rafts and can produce up to 20,000 at one time.

Species

Olive Frog, Rana adenopleura Boulenger, 1909.
Cabilian Frog, Rana albotuberculata Inger, 1954.
Assam Hills Frog, Rana alticola Boulenger, 1882.
Rana amamiensis Matsui, 1994.
Amur Brown Frog, Rana amurensis Boulenger, 1886.
Anderson's Frog, Rana andersonii Boulenger, 1882.
Lungtou Frog, Rana anlungensis Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao et Liu, 1973.
Rana archotaphus Inger et Chan-ard, 1997.
Crawfish Frog, Rana areolata Baird & Girard, 1852.
Arfak Mountains Frog, Rana arfaki Meyer, 1875.
Moor Frog, Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842.
Asian Frog, Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898.
Rana attigua Inger, Orlov & Darevsky, 1999.
Golden Frog, Rana aurantiaca Boulenger, 1904.
Rana aurata Günther, 2003.
California Red-legged Frog, Rana aurora Baird & Girard, 1852.
Rana bacboensis Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Rana banaorum Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Rana banjarana Leong & Lim, 2003.
Rana bannanica Rao & Yang, 1997.
Baram River Frog, Rana baramica Boettger, 1900.
Levant Water Frog, Rana bedriagae Camerano, 1882.
Italian Pool Frog, Rana bergeri Günther in Engelmann, Fritzsche, Günther & Obst, 1986.
Rio Grande Leopard Frog, Rana berlandieri Baird, 1859.
Plains Leopard Frog, Rana blairi Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown & Brown, 1973.
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog, Rana boylii Baird, 1854.
Browns' Frog, Rana brownorum Sanders, 1973.
Rio Chipillico Frog, Rana bwana Hillis & de Sá, 1988.
Caldwell's Frog, Rana caldwelli Schmidt, 1925.
Caucasus Frog, Rana camerani Boulenger, 1886.
Florida Gopher Frog, Rana capito LeConte, 1855.
Cascade Frog, Rana cascadae Slater, 1939.
Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802.
Celebes Frog, Rana celebensis (Peters, 1872).
Karpathos Water Frog, Rana cerigensis Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994.
Schlegel's Frog, Rana chalconota (Schlegel, 1837).
Chaochiao Frog, Rana chaochiaoensis Liu, 1946.
Chapa Frog, Rana chapaensis (Bourret, 1937).
Charles Darwin’s Frog, Rana charlesdarwini Das, 1998.
Chinese Brown Frog, Rana chensinensis David, 1875.
Chevron-spotted Brown Frog, Rana chevronta Hu & Ye in Hu, Fei & Ye, 1978.
Rana chichicuahutla Cuellar, Méndez-De La Cruz & Villagrán-Santa Cruz, 1996.
Chiricahua Leopard Frog, Rana chiricahuensis Platz & Mecham, 1979.
Chitwan Frog, Rana chitwanensis Das, 1998.
Rana chloronota (Günther, 1876).
Seoul Frog, Rana chosenica Okada, 1931.
Green Frog, Rana clamitans Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801.
Rana compotrix, 2006.
Cordofan Frog, Rana cordofana (Steindachner, 1867).
Korinchi Frog, Rana crassiovis Boulenger, 1920.
Greek Marsh Frog, Rana cretensis Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994.
Siam Frog, Rana cubitalis Smith, 1917.
Bicolored Frog, Rana curtipes Jerdon, 1854.
Australian Wood Frog, Rana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868).
Agile Frog, Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1839.
Daniel's Frog, Rana danieli Pillai & Chanda, 1977.
Rana daorum Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Hungchun-ping Frog, Rana daunchina Chang, 1933.
Battak Frog, Rana debussyi Kampen, 1910.
Rana demarchii Scortecci, 1929.
Patzcuaro Frog, Rana dunni Zweifel, 1957.
Dybowski’s Frog, Rana dybowskii Günther, 1876.
Lesser Sundas Frog, Rana elberti Roux, 1911.
Imienpo Station Frog, Rana emeljanov] Nikolskii, 1913.
Epirus Pool Frog, Rana epeirotica Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984.
Green Lotus Frog, Rana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837).
Edible Frog, Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758.
Zamboanga Frog, Rana everetti Boulenger, 1882.
Rana exiliversabilis Li, Ye & Fei in Fei, Ye & Li, 2001.
Rana faber Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002.
Vegas Valley Leopard Frog, Rana fisheri Stejneger, 1893. (extinct)
Flores Frog, Rana florensis Boulenger, 1897.
Forrer’s Grass Frog, Rana forreri Boulenger, 1883.
Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog, Rana fukienensis Pope, 1929.
Garo Hills Frog, Rana garoensis Boulenger, 1920.
Eilogo Estate Frog, Rana garritor Menzies, 1987.
Glandular Frog, Rana glandulosa Boulenger, 1882.
Gravenhorst's Frog, Rana gracilis Gravenhorst, 1829.
Greek Frog, Rana graeca Boulenger, 1891.
Graf's Frog, Rana grafi Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995.
Yunnanfu Frog, Rana grahami Boulenger, 1917.
Rana graminea Boulenger, 1900.
Big-eyed Frog, Rana grandocula Taylor, 1920.
Went Mountains Frog, Rana grisea Kampen, 1913.
Pig Frog, Rana grylio Stejneger, 1901.
Günther’s Frog, Rana guentheri Boulenger, 1882.
Rana hainanensis (Fei, Ye & Li, 2001).
Rana heckscheri Wright, 1924.
Rana hejiangensis Deng & Yu, 1992.
Rana hispanica Bonaparte, 1839.
Rana hmongorum Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Rana holsti Boulenger, 1892.
Rana holtzi Werner, 1898.
Rana honnorati Héron-Royer, 1881.
Rana hosii Boulenger, 1891.
Rana huanrenensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1991.
Rana hubeiensis Fei & Ye, 1982.
Rana humeralis Boulenger, 1887.
Rana iberica Boulenger, 1879.
Rana igorota Taylor, 1922.
Rana ishikawae (Stejneger, 1901).
Rana italica Dubois, 1987.
Rana japonica Boulenger, 1879.
Rana jimiensis Tyler, 1963.
Rana jingdongensis (Fei, Ye & Li, 2001).
Rana johni Blair, 1965.
Rana johnsi Smith, 1921.
Rana juliani Hillis & de Sá, 1988.
Rana junlianensis (Huang, Fei & Ye in Fei & Ye, 2001).
Rana kampeni Boulenger, 1920.
Rana khalam Stuart, Orlov & Chan-ard, 2005.
Rana kreffti Boulenger, 1882.
Rana kuangwuensis Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao & Liu, 1966.
Rana kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918.
Rana kunyuensis Lu & Li, 2002.
Rana kurtmuelleri Gayda, 1940.
Rana latastei Boulenger, 1879. Italian Agile Frog
Rana lateralis Boulenger, 1887.
Rana laterimaculata Barbour & Noble, 1916.
Rana latouchii Boulenger, 1899.
Rana lemosespinali Smith & Chiszar, 2003.
Rana leporipes Werner, 1930.
Rana leptoglossa (Cope, 1868).
Rana lessonae Camerano, 1882. Pool Frog
Rana lini Chou, 1999.
Rana livida (Blyth, 1856).
Rana longicrus Stejneger, 1898.
Rana luctuosa (Peters, 1871).
Rana lungshengensis Liu & Hu, 1962.
Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913. Columbia Spotted Frog
Rana luzonensis Boulenger, 1896.
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885.
Rana macrodactyla (Günther, 1858).
Rana macroglossa Brocchi, 1877.
Rana macrops Boulenger, 1897.
Rana maculata Brocchi, 1877.
Rana magnaocularis Frost & Bagnara, 1974.
Rana malabarica Tschudi, 1838. Fungoid Frog
Rana mangyanum Brown & Guttman, 2002.
Rana maosonensis (Bourret, 1937).
Rana margaretae Liu, 1950.
Rana margariana (Anderson, 1879).
Rana megapoda Taylor, 1942.
Rana megatympanum Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Rana melanomenta Taylor, 1920.
Rana miadis Barbour & Loveridge, 1929.
Rana milleti Smith, 1921.
Rana minima Ting & T'sai, 1979.
Rana miopus Boulenger, 1918.
Rana moellendorffi Boettger, 1893.
Rana moluccana Boettger, 1895.
Rana montezumae Baird, 1854.
Rana montivaga Smith, 1921.
Rana morafkai Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003.
Rana muscosa Camp, 1917. Mountain yellow-legged frog
Rana narina Stejneger, 1901.
Rana nasuta Li, Ye & Fei in Fei, Ye & Li, 2001.
Rana neovolcanica Hillis & Frost, 1985.
Rana nigrolineata Liu & Hu, 1960.
Rana nigromaculata Hallowell, 1861.
Rana nigrotympanica Dubois, 1992.
Rana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856).
Rana novaeguineae Kampen, 1909.
Rana oatesii Boulenger, 1892.
Rana okaloosae Moler, 1985. Florida bog frog
Rana okinavana Boettger, 1895.
Rana omeimontis Ye & Fei in Ye, Fei & Hu, 1993.
Rana omiltemana Günther, 1900.
Rana onca Cope in Yarrow, 1875.
Rana ornativentris Werner, 1903.
Rana palmipes Spix, 1824.
Rana palustris LeConte, 1825. Pickerel frog
Rana papua Lesson, 1827.
Rana perezi Seoane, 1885.
Rana persimilis Kampen, 1923.
Rana picturata Boulenger, 1920.
Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782. Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pirica Matsui, 1991.
Rana plancyi Lataste, 1880.
Rana pleuraden Boulenger, 1904.
Rana porosa (Cope, 1868).
Rana pretiosa Baird & Girard, 1853.
Rana psaltes Kuramoto, 1985.
Rana psilonota Webb, 2001.
Rana pueblae Zweifel, 1955.
Rana pustulosa Boulenger, 1883.
Rana pyrenaica Serra-Cobo, 1993.
Rana raniceps (Peters, 1871).
Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771. Marsh Frog
Rana rugosa Temminck & Schlegel, 1838.
Rana saharica Boulenger in Hartert, 1913.
Rana sakuraii Matsui & Matsui, 1990.
Rana sanguinea Boettger, 1893.
Rana sangzhiensis Shen, 1986.
Rana schmackeri Boettger, 1892.
Rana scutigera Andersson, 1916.
Rana septentrionalis Baird, 1854.
Rana sevosa Goin & Netting, 1940.
Rana shqiperica Hotz, Uzzell, Günther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987.
Rana shuchinae Liu, 1950.
Rana siberu Dring, McCarthy & Whitten, 1990.
Rana sierramadrensis Taylor, 1939.
Rana signata (Günther, 1872).
Rana similis (Günther, 1873).
Rana sinica Ahl, 1927.
Rana spectabilis Hillis & Frost, 1985.
Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886.
Rana spinulosa Smith, 1923.
Rana subaquavocalis Platz, 1993.
Rana subaspera Barbour, 1908.
Rana supragrisea Menzies, 1987.
Rana supranarina Matsui, 1994.
Rana swinhoana Boulenger, 1903.
Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825. Wood Frog
Rana tagoi Okada, 1928.
Rana taipehensis Denburgh, 1909.
Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917.
Rana taylori Smith, 1959.
Rana temporalis (Günther, 1864). Bronzed Frog
Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758. Common frog
Rana tenggerensis Zhao, Macey & Papenfuss, 1988.
Rana terentievi Mezhzherin, 1992.
Rana tiannanensis Yang & Li, 1980.
Rana tientaiensis Chang, 1933.
Rana tigerina
Rana tipanan Brown, McGuire & Diesmos, 2000.
Rana tlaloci Hillis & Frost, 1985.
Rana trankieni Orlov, Ngat & Ho, 2003.
Rana tsushimensis Stejneger, 1907.
Rana tytleri (Theobald, 1868).
Rana utsunomiyaorum Matsui, 1994.
Rana vaillanti Brocchi, 1877.
Rana varians Boulenger, 1894.
Rana versabilis Liu & Hu, 1962.
Rana vibicaria (Cope, 1894).
Rana virgatipes Cope, 1891.
Rana vitrea
Rana volkerjane Günther, 2003.
Rana warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857).
Rana weiningensis Liu, Hu & Yang, 1962.
Rana wuchuanensis Xu in Wu, Xu, Dong, Li & Liu, 1983.
Rana yavapaiensis Platz & Frost, 1984.
Rana zhengi Zhao, 1999.
Rana zhenhaiensis Ye, Fei & Matsui, 1995.
Rana zweifeli Hillis, Frost & Webb, 1984.

References

Dubois, A., and A. Ohler. 1994. Frogs of the subgenus Pelophylax (Amphibia, Anura, genus Rana): a catalogue of available and valid scientific names, with comments on the name-bearing types, complete synonymies. proposed common names, and maps showing all type localities.II International Symposium on Ecology and Genetics of European water frogs

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