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Rana temporaria (common frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

Taxonomy
Rana temporaria was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Rana.

Synonyms
  • Rana mehelyi was named by Bolkay (1911). Its type specimen is MNH (No catalouge number), a set of postcrania (Fragmentary right ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Rana temporaria by Sanchiz (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Rana temporaria Linnaeus
1902Rana temporaria Hay p. 425
1911Rana mehelyi Bolkay

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyRanoideaRafinesque 1814
familyRanidaeRafinesque 1814
genusRanaLinnaeus 1758
speciestemporaria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 [common frog]
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Invalid names: Rana mehelyi Bolkay 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Rana temporaria (35076)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Rana temporaria (41026)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Ilfov) Rana temporaria (230700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Rana temporaria (43020 45065 45067 45072)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Rana temporaria (35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Rana temporaria (40500)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ireland Rana temporaria (195114 195115 195116 195117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Derbyshire) Rana temporaria (195217)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Poland Rana temporaria (48552 195226)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Rana temporaria (48543)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Rana temporaria (195263)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Rana temporaria (206229)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Heidelberg) Rana temporaria (34411)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Rana temporaria (195218)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Poland Rana temporaria (48544)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Rana temporaria (58421)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Midi-Pyrenees) Rana temporaria (195222)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Rana temporaria (195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) Rana temporaria (195221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Rana temporaria (43645)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Hautes Pyrenees) Rana temporaria (195241)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Aquitaine Region) Rana temporaria (36758)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Rana temporaria (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Alpes Maritimes) Rana temporaria (195237)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Rana temporaria (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Hautes-Pyrénées) Rana temporaria (195236)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Rana temporaria (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Rana temporaria (49999)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Rana temporaria (36220)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Correze) Rana temporaria (195244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Rana temporaria (150207)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Rana temporaria (33978)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Arudy) Rana temporaria (195246)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Norfolk) Rana temporaria (195233)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Lot) Rana temporaria (195250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Essex) Rana temporaria (195203 195219)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Rana mehelyi (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Rana temporaria (33495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Rana temporaria (195247 195248 195249)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Rana temporaria (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Haute-Pyrenees) Rana temporaria (125313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) Rana temporaria (191758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Rana temporaria (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Norfolk) Rana temporaria (195206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland (Nowy Sacz) Rana temporaria (195227)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Rana temporaria (125321 195200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Rana temporaria (93804 93805 93837 125437)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (East Cheshire) Rana temporaria (195220)