Family

Ranidae

117 species · Animals

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Imienpo Station frog

Glandirana emeljanovi (Nikolskii, 1913)

Glandirana emeljanovi, the Imienpo Station frog, is a poisonous wrinkled frog found across Northeast Asia.

Wrinkled Frog

Glandirana rugosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)

Glandirana rugosa, the Japanese wrinkled frog, is a common true frog native to Japan and a key model for studying vertebrate sex chromosome evolution.

Green Paddy Frog

Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837)

Hylarana erythraea is a frog species native to Southeast Asia, with distinct bright green smooth skin and documented size ranges for adults and tadpoles.

Guangdong Frog

Hylarana macrodactyla Günther, 1858

Hylarana macrodactyla is a Ranidae frog found across multiple Southeast and East Asian regions, threatened by habitat loss.

Taipei frog

Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)

Hylarana taipehensis is a small frog found in multiple wetland habitats, with a stable global population but endangered status in Taiwan.

Large Odorous Frog

Odorrana graminea (Boulenger, 1900)

Odorrana graminea is a rare non-mammalian vertebrate frog that can detect and produce ultrasonic calls, found in southern China.

Poisonous Rock Frog

Odorrana hosii (Boulenger, 1891)

Odorrana hosii, or Hose's frog, is a stream-dwelling rainforest frog found across Southeast Asia, listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Longtoushan Large Odorous Frog

Odorrana leporipes (Werner, 1930)

Odorrana leporipes is a relatively large frog species, little known and presumed to inhabit montane tropical forest near fast flowing streams.

Okinawa Tip-nosed Frog

Odorrana narina (Stejneger, 1901)

Odorrana narina is an endemic Japanese Ranidae frog threatened by habitat loss and introduced mongoose predation.

Swinhoe's frog

Odorrana swinhoana (Boulenger, 1903)

Odorrana swinhoana is a medium to large frog species that lives in broadleaf forest hill streams of its range.

Golden Pond Frog

Pelophylax chosenicus (Okada, 1931)

Pelophylax chosenicus, the Seoul frog, is an endangered true frog found primarily on the Korean Peninsula.

Cretan Frog

Pelophylax cretensis (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)

Pelophylax cretensis, the Cretan frog, is a medium-sized frog endemic to Crete, Greece, living in a range of freshwater and shrubby habitats.

Epirus Water Frog

Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984)

Pelophylax epeiroticus, the Epirus water frog, is a vulnerable dimorphic aquatic frog with fragmented small ranges threatened by habitat loss.

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)

Pelophylax fukienensis is a medium-to-large Ranidae frog found in China and Taiwan, not globally threatened overall.

Black-spotted Frog

Pelophylax nigromaculatus (Hallowell, 1861)

Pelophylax nigromaculatus (dark-spotted frog) is a low-altitude East Asian frog that preys on Asian giant hornets and is threatened by hunting and pollution.

Eastern Golden Frog

Pelophylax plancyi (Lataste, 1880)

Pelophylax plancyi, the eastern golden frog, is a medium-to-large true frog found in eastern and northeastern China.

Daruma Pond Frog

Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)

The Daruma pond frog (Pelophylax porosus) is an endemic Japanese frog species in the Ranidae family that is not considered threatened.

Sahara Frog

Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger, 1913)

Pelophylax saharicus, the Sahara frog, is a large aquatic frog native to North Africa with variable green or brown coloration.

Marsh Frog

Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)

Pelophylax ridibundus, the marsh frog, is Europe's largest native frog found across Eurasia with introduced populations elsewhere.

Pool Frog

Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882)

Pelophylax lessonae, the pool frog, is a small European frog found in a range of still or slow water habitats.

Iberian Green Frog

Pelophylax perezi (López-Seoane, 1885)

Pelophylax perezi, commonly called Perez's frog, is a widespread Ranidae species native to southwestern Europe and introduced to several nearby regions.