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True frogs is the common name for the frog family Ranidae. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica. The true frogs are present in North America, northern South America, Europe, Africa (including Madagascar), and Asia.
Indosylvirana intermedia, or Rao's intermediate golden-backed frog, is a species of ranid frog endemic to southern India. [1] [2] Taxonomy
The name was previously used by Frost et al. as a separate genus of ranid frogs that included most of the North American frogs traditionally included in the genus Rana, [7] including the American bullfrog and northern leopard frog. Frost used the name in this sense in the frog section of a North American common names list edited by Crother ...
Raninidae is a family of unusual crabs, sometimes known as "frog crabs", on account of their frog-like appearance. They are taken by most scientists to be quite primitive among the true crabs. They closely resemble the (unrelated) mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution. In both groups, the claws are modified into tools ...
Limnonectes shompenorum are found in leaf-litter along rivers in tropical forest and forest edges, [1] but also some distance away from rivers. [3] Limnonectes shompenorum is a common species not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although these frogs are to some extent suffering from habitat loss and pollution from agriculture.
Hylarana latouchii, also known as Kuatun frog, La Touche's frog, or broad-folded frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It was formerly placed in genus Rana . [ 2 ] The specific name honours the collector of the type series: " Hylarana " latouchii was described by George Albert Boulenger based on three specimens collected by Irish ...
Hylarana tytleri is a frog species in the family Ranidae. It is found in eastern and northeastern India , Myanmar , Bangladesh , and southern Nepal , and possibly at lower elevations in Bhutan . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was formerly placed in Rana , and included in the common green frog ( H. erythraea ).
Pulchrana is a genus of ranid frogs found in south-eastern Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines. [1] Species