Glandirana

Glandirana
Glandirana rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Glandirana
Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990[1][2]
Type species
Rana minima
Synonyms

Rugosa Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990

Glandirana is a genus of true frogs (family Ranidae) found in the East Asia (eastern China, Korea, Japan, and possibly Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East).[2] The name means ‘glandular frog’.[3]

Glandirana is a genus split off from Rana. All species, except the recently described Glandirana susurra, were originally included in Rana; some of them have been placed in genus Rugosa, now synonymized with Glandirana. The monophyly of the genus has been questioned, but it is supported by recent molecular work. Glandirana seems to be a sister taxon of Hylarana.[2]

At moment, the following species are included in the genus:[2]

References

  1. "Glandirana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Glandirana Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  3. Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.