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Ranidae

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
Genera: Amolops - Babina - Clinotarsus - Glandirana - Huia - Humerana - Hylarana - Meristogenys - Nasirana - Odorrana - Pelophylax - Pseudorana - Pterorana - Rana - Sanguirana - Staurois

Clinotarsus curtipes,

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

Note

Many genera were transfered 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
Internationalization
English: True Frogs
Magyar: Valodi bekak
日本語: アカガエル科
한국어: 개구리과
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Frosker
Suomi: Aitosammakot
Svenska: Akta grodor
Türkçe: Gerçek su kurbağaları
Українська: Жаб'ячі

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