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Rana temporaria

Description

The common frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, or European grass frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans. The farthest west it can be found is Ireland. It is also found in Asia, and eastward to Japan.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2426805https://www.gbif.org/species/2426805
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)288767https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=288767
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana temporaria
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana temporaria
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
orderSalientiaLaurenti 1768
orderAnura
-Neobatrachia
superfamilyRanoideaRafinesque 1814
familyRanidaeRafinesque 1814
genusRanaLinnaeus 1758
speciesRana temporariaLinn忙us 1758
Generic NameRana
Common Namecommon frog
Scientific NameRana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758
Name Published InLinn忙us, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rana temporariaspeciesbelongs to Ranastated without evidenceLinnaeus, 1758
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Common Name(s) European Frog, Bruine Kikker, Baso-igel Gorria, Granota Roja, Ra Do Monte, Rana Bermeja, Grasfrosch, Common Frog, Grass Frog, Grenouille Rousse, Vanlig Groda
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_temporaria

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Rana temporaria canigonensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Rana temporaria temporaria
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Rana temporaria gracilis Koch, 1872GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana temporaria gracilis
Rana mehelyi Bolkay, 1911GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana mehelyi
Rana honnorati H茅ron-Royer, 1881GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana honnorati
Rana rufa Lacep猫de, 1788GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana rufa
Rana alpina Risso, 1827GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana : Rana alpina

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Rana temporaria Linnaeus
1902Rana temporaria Hay p. 425
1911Rana mehelyi Bolkay

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life
Frost, Darrel R. (2009) database. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v5.3 - via Catalogue of Life
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner (1987) Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada: Resource Publication, no. 166 - via Catalogue of Life
Frost, Darrel R. (1997) Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition - via Catalogue of Life
Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
(2004) database, Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference - via Catalogue of Life
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Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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