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Rana pipiens (Northern leopard frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

Taxonomy
Rana pipiens was named by Schreber (1782). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Rana pipiens Schreber
1965Rana pipiens Lynch p. 73
1974Rana pipiens Holman p. 343
1985Rana pipiens Holman
1990Rana pipiens Holman et al. p. 524

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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
speciespipiensSchreber 1782

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 pipiens Schreber 1782 [Northern leopard frog]
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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 Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Rana pipiens (18664 140202)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Rana pipiens (18102 18206 18208 18223) Rana sp. (18284)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Rana pipiens (18665)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Rana pipiens (18450)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Florida) Rana pipiens (18541)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Rana pipiens (19960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Rana pipiens (123875 124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Rana pipiens (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Rana pipiens (20318 20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Rana pipiens (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Rana pipiens (20293 20332 20352 20390 20516)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Rana pipiens (20302)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Rana pipiens (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Rana pipiens (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Rana pipiens (79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Rana pipiens (103358 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Rana pipiens (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rana pipiens (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Rana pipiens (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Rana pipiens (99602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Rana pipiens (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Rana pipiens (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Rana pipiens (93139)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rana pipiens (20638)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Rana pipiens (224189)