Pond Frogs
Rana
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.
These true frogs are usually largish species characterized by their slim waists and wrinkled skin; many have thin ridges running along their backs, but they generally lack "warts" as in typical toads. They are excellent jumpers due to their long, slender legs. The typical webbing found on their hind feet allows for easy movement through water. Coloration is mostly greens and browns above, with darker and yellowish spots.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 62 known species
European Common Frog
speciesRana temporaria
Agile Frog
speciesRana dalmatina
Northern Red-legged Frog
speciesRana aurora
Moor Frog
speciesRana arvalis
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
speciesRana boylii
California Red-legged Frog
speciesRana draytonii
Columbia Spotted Frog
speciesRana luteiventris
Iberian Frog
speciesRana iberica
Cascades Frog
speciesRana cascadae
Ueno's Brown Frog
speciesRana uenoi
Italian Stream Frog
speciesRana italica
Italian Agile Frog
speciesRana latastei
Galician Common Frog
speciesRana parvipalmata
Sauter's Brown Frog
speciesRana sauteri
Taurus Frog
speciesRana macrocnemis
Huanren Frog
speciesRana huanrensis
Greek frog
speciesRana graeca
Taipa Frog
speciesRana longicrus
Zhenhai Brown Frog
speciesRana zhenhaiensis
Dybowski's Frog
speciesRana dybowskii
Taihang Brown Frog
speciesRana taihangensis
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
speciesRana sierrae
Japanese Brown Frog
speciesRana japonica
Korean Brown Frog
speciesRana coreana
Montane Brown Frog
speciesRana ornativentris
Tago's Brown Frog
speciesRana tagoi
Siberian Wood Frog
speciesRana amurensis
Oregon Spotted Frog
speciesRana pretiosa
Ezo Red Frog
speciesRana pirica
Pyrenean frog
speciesRana pyrenaica
Hyrcanian Wood Frog
speciesRana pseudodalmatina
Plateau Brown Frog
speciesRana kukunoris
Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
speciesRana muscosa
Chinese Brown Frog
speciesRana chensinensis
Ryukyu Brown Frog
speciesRana ulma
Chaochiao Brown Frog
speciesRana chaochiaoensis
Omei Wood Frog
speciesRana omeimontis
Dabie Mountain Brown Frog
speciesRana dabieshanensis
Huaiyuan Brown Frog
speciesRana qui
John's Frog
speciesRana johnsi
Tsushima Brown Frog
speciesRana tsushimensis
Hanlui Brown Frog
speciesRana hanluica
Mount Culai Frog
speciesRana culaiensis
Yakushima Tago’s Brown Frog
speciesRana yakushimensis
Amami Brown Frog
speciesRana kobai
Stream Brown Frog
speciesRana sakuraii
Central Asian Frog
speciesRana asiatica
Oki Tago's Brown Frog
speciesRana okiensis
Rana maoershanensis
speciesRana maoershanensis
Tavas Mountain Frog
speciesRana tavasensis
Zhangcun Frog
speciesRana sangzhiensis
Rana jiulingensis
speciesRana jiulingensis
Neba Tago's Brown Frog
speciesRana neba
Goto Tago's Brown Frog
speciesRana matsuoi
Rana jiemuxiensis
speciesRana jiemuxiensis
Rana wuyiensis
speciesRana wuyiensis
Rana minuscula
speciesRana minuscula
Rana zhijinensis
speciesRana zhijinensis
Dwarf Tago’s Brown Frog
speciesRana kyoto
Luanchuan Brown Frog
speciesRana luanchuanensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.156
Historical-Theological Considerations of Remarkable Truths
Arnold, Gottfried · 1709 · p.21
On Hebrew-Samaritan Coins
Pérez Bayer, Francisco · 1781 · p.107
The Little Golden Olympic Treasury in Three Parts
Figulus, Benedictus · 1682 · p.426
Monument of Ancient Christianity
Arnold, Gottfried · 1716 · p.866
The Hebrew Bible
Various (ed. Michaelis) · 1720 · p.996
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.36
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.403
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.44
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.219
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.216
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.225
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