Ranidae


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Related to Ranidae: Rana sylvatica, Bufonidae, Rhacophoridae
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Noun1.Ranidae - a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs
amphibian family - any family of amphibians
genus Rana, Rana - type genus of the Ranidae
ranid, true frog - insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae (Family Ranidae) and unexpected diversity of mt gene arrangements in ranids.
A new species of Platymantis (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Panay Island, Philippines.
Without the presence of a dorsal ilial crest on the ilium, CHIS 46774 does not belong to any member within the true frogs, Ranidae. Size ranges (using snout-vent length; svl) within extant scaphiopodids (spadefoot toad, Scaphiopodidae) Scaphiopus (Sc.
However, anurans in the family Ranidae (true frogs) might be in contact with electrofishing more often than are other amphibian species, as ranids inhabit many of the same waters where fish occur.
2015: Variation in the ilium of central European water frogs Pelophylax (Amphibia, Ranidae) and its implications for species-level identification of fragmentary anuran fossils.
TABLE 1.--Total number of prey delivered by male and female Eastern Screech-Owls identified to the lowest taxonomic category possible and arranged in order of abundance Prey N Insects Coleoptera (N = 166 larval individuals) 490 Orthoptera 220 Lepidoptera 64 Odonata 10 Cicadidae 3 Tettigoniidae 1 Unidentified insects 44 Crayfish Family Astacidae 81 Amphibians Family Ranidae 23 Leeches Subclass Hirudinea 20 Mammals Peromyscus spp.
We used standard procedures, as previously described (1), to examine muscle and viscera of 88 frogs from the study area; the frogs, which were of several sizes and species (i.e., Ranidae, Pipidae, Phrynobatrachidae, Bufonidae), were collected by local villagers and fishermen.
In Batrachovirus, the ranid herpesvirus 1 (RaHV-1) can be found in different leopard frog (Rana pipiens) (sub) species and has been identified as the causative agent of renal adenocarcinoma [4], and the ranid herpesvirus 2 (RaHV-2), which can cause infections in a lot of species of the family Ranidae (pets and wild) leading to skin lesions and sometimes inducing tumors [5].
Introduction of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Anura: Ranidae) in natural and modified environments: an increasing conservation problem in Argentina.
Which creature of the family ranidae is named because of the male's deep resonant croak resembling a bellow?