True frog genera are the genera of the family Ranidae, a speciose, widespread and diverse family that has been redefined so often that its present definition is probably neither monophyletic nor permanent. Animal Diversity Web counts two subfamilies containing roughly 35 genera and more than 600 species, found worldwide except temperate South America, most of Australia, the West Indies and most oceanic islands. GBIF is led by Amolops with about 146 descendant taxa, Rana with about 132, Odorrana with about 96, Lithobates with about 81 and Pelophylax with about 43.
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Animal Diversity Web: Ranidae
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As defined here, there are two subfamilies, containing roughly 35 genera, and more than 600 species.
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Ranidae
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"canonicalName":"Amolops","vernacularName":"Cascade/Torrent Frogs","authorship":"Cope, 1865","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Cope, E. D. (1865). Sketch of the primary groups of Batrachia s. Salientia. Natural History Review. New Series 5: 97-120.","numDescendants":146
Children of Ranidae: Rana
"canonicalName":"Rana","authorship":"Kuhlii Tschudi, 1838","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"DOUBTFUL","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":1
Children of Ranidae: Odorrana
"canonicalName":"Odorrana","authorship":"Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Key to Chinese Amphibia. Publishing House for Scientific and Technological Literature Chongqing","numDescendants":96
Children of Ranidae: Lithobates
"canonicalName":"Lithobates","vernacularName":"American Water Frogs","authorship":"Fitzinger, 1843","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fitzinger, L. J. F. J. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Wien: Braumüller et Seidel. ","numDescendants":81
Children of Ranidae: Pelophylax
"canonicalName":"Pelophylax","vernacularName":"Water Frogs","authorship":"Fitzinger, 1843","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fitzinger, L. J. F. J. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Wien: Braumüller et Seidel. ","numDescendants":43
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Lithobates is a genus of frogs belonging to the family Ranidae, native to the Americas.
Wikipedia: Pelophylax
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Pelophylax is a genus of true frogs widespread in Eurasia, with a few species ranging into northern Africa.
Wikipedia: Amolops
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Amolops (commonly known as cascade frogs or sucker frogs) is a genus of true frogs (family Ranidae) native mainly to eastern and south-eastern Asia.
GBIF: Rana Linnaeus, 1758
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family: Ranidae
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