Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species: Pelophylax lessonae
Name
Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882)
Type locality: "Testona (Torino: Italy)", just east of Moncalieri, Torino, Italy.
Lectotype: MZUT An 718.
Synonyms
Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758
Rana viridis Linnaeus, 1761
Rana vulgaris Lacépède, 1788
Ranaria esculenta — Rafinesque, 1814
Rana alpina Fitzinger, 1826
Rana maritima Risso, 1826
Rana bosci Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Rana viridis Eichwald, 1830
Rana viridis Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Pelophylax esculentus — Fitzinger, 1843
Rana esculenta var. lineata Massalongo, 1854
Rana esculenta var. vulgaris Massalongo, 1854
Rana esculenta var. roseo-virescens Massalongo, 1854
Rana esculenta var. marmorata Massalongo, 1854
Rana agrorum Gistel, 1868
Rana esculenta var. sylvaticus Koch, 1872
Rana meridionalis Lataste, 1876
Rana esculenta acutirostris Lessona, 1877
Rana esculenta obtusirostris Lessona, 1877
Rana esculenta viridis — Lataste, 1880
Rana esculenta var. lessonae Camerano, 1882
Rana esculenta var. viridis — Bedriaga, 1883
Rana esculenta subsp. lessonae — Camerano, 1884
Rana esculenta subsp. lessonae var. immaculata Camerano, 1884
Rana esculenta subsp. lessonae var. nigrovittata Camerano, 1884
Rana (Baliopygus) viridis — Schultze, 1891
Rana esculenta var. alpina — Boettger, 1892
Rana esculenta var. lessonai — Dürigen, 1897
Rana esculenta var. castanea Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. meridionalis Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. concolor Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. immaculata Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. grisescens Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. paulopunctata Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. rubiginosa Prazák, 1898
Rana esculenta var. bolkayi Fejérváry, 1909
Rana (Rana) esculenta — Boulenger, 1920
Rana (Rana) esculenta — Boulenger, 1920
Rana lessonae pannonica Karaman, 1948
Rana lessonae — Berger, 1966
Rana esculenta var. hungarica Toutain, 1966
Rana kl. esculenta — Dubois & Günther, 1982
Rana (Rana) lessonae — Dubois, 1987
Rana (Pelophylax) lessonae — Dubois, 1992
Rana (Pelophylax) kl. esculenta — Dubois, 1992
Rana (Pelophylax) kl. maritima — Dubois & Ohler, 1996
Hylarana lessonae — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005
Pelophylax lessonae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
References
Camerano, 1882 "1881", C. R. Assoc. Franç. Avanc. Sci., Paris, 10: 686.
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.
Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Pelophylax lessonae . Accessed on 04 July 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Pelophylax lessonae (Least Concern) Downloaded on 04 July 2008. (as Rana lessonae)
Vernacular names
English: Pool Frog
