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Ranidae  Batsch, 1796
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1094181

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 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  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAbavorana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus and Raxworthy, 2015  
                               GenusAmnirana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusAmolops Cope, 1865  
                               GenusBabina Thompson, 1912  
                               GenusChalcorana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusClinotarsus Mivart, 1869  
                               GenusGlandirana Fei, Ye and Huang, 1990 – Wrinkled Frogs 
                               GenusHuia Yang, 1991  
                               GenusHumerana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusHydrophylax Fitzinger, 1843  
                               GenusHylarana Tschudi, 1838  
                               GenusIndosylvirana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus and Raxworthy, 2015  
                               GenusLithobates Fitzinger, 1843 – American Water Frogs 
                               GenusMeristogenys Yang, 1991  
                               GenusNidirana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusOdorrana Fei, Ye and Huang, 1990  
                               GenusPapurana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusPelophylax Fitzinger, 1843  
                               GenusPseudorana Fei, Ye and Huang, 1990  
                               GenusPterorana Kiyasetuo and Khare, 1986  
                               GenusPulchrana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusRana Linnaeus, 1758 – True Frogs, Brown Frogs 
                               GenusSanguirana Dubois, 1992  
                               GenusStaurois Cope, 1865  
                               GenusSumaterana Arifin, Smart, Hertwig, Smith, Iskandar and Haas, 2018  
                               GenusSylvirana Dubois, 1992  
       
                             FamilyRanidae Batsch, 1796 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                               SpeciesHylarana attigua (Inger, Orlov and Darevsky, 1999)  
                               SpeciesHylarana celebensis (Peters, 1872)  
                               SpeciesHylarana chitwanensis (Das, 1998)  
                               SpeciesHylarana garoensis (Boulenger, 1920)  
                               SpeciesHylarana lateralis (Boulenger, 1887)  
                               SpeciesHylarana latouchii (Boulenger, 1899)  
                               SpeciesHylarana margariana Anderson, 1879  
                               SpeciesHylarana montivaga (Smith, 1921)  
                               SpeciesHylarana persimilis (Van Kampen, 1923)  
       

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  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   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Although commonly attributed to Rafinesque (1814), the first available use of a family-group name based on the genus Rana was by Batsch (1796), according to Frost et al. (2019, online Amphibian Species of the World)  
 

 

    


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