Nidirana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Nidirana
Species (20): N. adenopleura – N. chapaensis – N. chongqingensis – N. daunchina – N. guangdongensis – N. guangxiensis – N. guibeiensis – N. hainanensis – N. leishanensis – N. lini – N. mangveni – N. nankunensis – N. noadihing – N. occidentalis – N. okinavana – N. pleuraden – N. shiwandashanensis – N. xiangica – N. yaoica – N. yeae

Name

Nidirana Dubois, 1992: 324

Type species: Rana psaltes Kuramoto, 1985, by original designation.

Synonymy

Rana (Nidirana) Dubois, 1992: 324 [original status, as subgenus]
Nidirana — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005: 237 [subsequent status, elevate to genus]
Dianrana Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2010: 21
- Type species: Rana pleuraden Boulenger, 1904, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page.
Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y. & Jiang, J.-P. 2010. Phylogenetic systematics of Ranidae. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 12: 1–43. Reference page.
Chen, L.-Q., Murphy, R.W., Lathrop, A., Ngo, A., Orlov, N.L., Ho, C.T. & Somorjai, I.L.M. 2005. Taxonomic chaos in Asian ranid frogs: an initial phylogenetic resolution. Herpetological Journal 15(4): 231–243. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Lin, C.-Y., Liu, Z.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2017. Resurrection of genus Nidirana (Anura: Ranidae) and synonymizing N. caldwelli with N. adenopleura, with description of a new species from China. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(4): 483–502. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003130 Reference page.
Li, S.-Z., Wei, G., Xu, N., Cui, J.-G., Fei, L., Jiang, J.-P., Liu, J. & Wang, B. 2019. A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China. PeerJ 7:e7157. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7157 Reference page.
Lyu, Z-T., Mo, Y-M., Wan, H., Li, Y-L., Pang, H. & Wang, Y-Y. 2019. Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China. Zookeys 858: 109–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.858.34363 Reference page.
Lyu, Z-T., Dai, K-Y., Li, Y., Wan, H., Liu, Z-Y., Qi, S., Lin, S-M., Wang, J., Li, Y-L., Zeng, Y-J., Li, P-P., Pang, H. & Wang, Y-Y. 2020. Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China. ZooKeys 914: 127–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.914.36604 Reference page.
Lyu, Z.-T., Chen, Y., Yang, J.-H., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Zhao, J., Wan, H., Pang, H. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. A new species of Nidirana from the N. pleuraden group (Anura, Ranidae) from western Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4861(1): 43–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.3 Reference page.
Wei, G., Li, S-Z., Liu, J., Cheng, Y-L., Xu, N. & Wang, B. 2020. A new species of the Music frog Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 904: 63–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.904.39161 Reference page.
Lyu, Z.-T., Huang, Z., Liao, X.-W., Lin, L., Huang, Y., Wang, Y.-Y. & Mo, Y.-M. 2021. A new species of Music frog (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Daming, Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1059: 35–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1059.68140 Reference page.
Chen, W-C., Ye, J-P., Peng, W-X., Li, P., Su, T-P., Yu, G-D. & Cheng, Z-Y. 2022. A new species of Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from northern Guangxi, China. Zookeys 1135: 119–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1135.94371 Reference page.
Chen, W-C., Peng, W-X., Li, P. & Liu, Y.-J. 2022. A New Species of Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from Southern Guangxi, China. Asian Herpetological Research 13(2): 109–116. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.210065 Reference page.
Boruah, B., Deepak, V. & Das, A. 2023. Musicians in the marsh: a new species of music frog (Anura: Ranidae: Nidirana) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 5374(1): 51–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.1.3 Reference page.
Ma, Q. & Wang, Z. 2023. A new species of Nidirana Dubois, 1992 (Anura, Ranidae) from Chongqing Municipality, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e101986. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e101986 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Music Frogs

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