Typical Frogs
Ranidae
The true frogs, family Ranidae, 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, Asia, Madagascar, Africa, and from the East Indies to New Guinea; the species native to Australia—the Australian wood frog (Hylarana daemelii)—is restricted to the far north.
19 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 464 known species
American Water Frogs
genusLithobates
Pond Frogs
genusRana
Water Frogs
genusPelophylax
Golden-backed Frogs
genusHylarana
Odorrana
genusOdorrana
Amolops
genusAmolops
Music Frogs
genusNidirana
Glandirana
genusGlandirana
Staurois
genusStaurois
Meristogenys
genusMeristogenys
Clinotarsus
genusClinotarsus
torrent frogs
genusWijayarana
Babina
genusBabina
Huia
genusHuia
Sumatra Cascade Frog
genusSumaterana
Sanguirana
genusSanguirana
Pseudorana
genusPseudorana
Abavorana
genusAbavorana
Liuhurana
genusLiuhurana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25473.