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Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs. Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America. Many other genera were formerly included here. [ 1 ][ 2 ] These true frogs are usually largish species characterized by their slim waists and wrinkled skin; many have thin ...
Ribeiroia ondatrae, or the frog-mutating flatworm is a parasite in the genus Ribeiroia which is believed to be responsible for many of the recent increases in amphibian limb malformations, particularly missing, malformed, and additional hind legs.
Northern red-legged frog. Rana boylii. Foothill yellow-legged frog. Rana cascadae. Cascades frog. Rana draytonii. California red-legged frog. Rana luteiventris. Columbia spotted frog *.
Batrachomyomachia. Illustration from an 1878 German edition of the Batrachomyomachia. The Batrachomyomachia (Ancient Greek: Βατραχομυομαχία, from βάτραχος, "frog", μῦς, "mouse", and μάχη, "battle") or Battle of the Frogs and Mice is a comic epic, or a parody of the Iliad. The word batrachomyomachia has come to ...
Lithobates clamitans is a member of the true frog family Ranidae and genus Lithobates. Litho- meaning stone, a rock climber. Originally from genus Rana until systematic revision, features of the genus are true frogs with slim waist and wrinkled skin, found across much of Eurasia and North America.
This list of Anuran families shows all extant families of Anura. Anura is an order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. The living anurans are typically divided into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, Mesobatrachia, and Neobatrachia.
Ranitomeya benedicta, sometimes called the blessed poison frog, [1] is a species of poison dart frogs found in the lowland rainforest of the Pampas del Sacramento in southern Loreto and eastern San Martín Region, northeastern Peru. [3][1][4] Before 2008, the species was considered a subspecies of Ranitomeya fantastica. [2] The IUCN considers the species vulnerable because of limited habitat ...
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