Belongs within: Saukrobatrachia.
Contains: Pelophylax, Amolops, Odorrana, Rana, Hylarana.
The Ranidae are a cosmopolitan family of frogs lacking posterolateral projections on the crista parotica and with the processus branchialis closed (Frost et al. 2006).
<==Ranidae [Amolopini, Amolopsinae, Raninae, Ranini]
|--Staurois Cope 1865 [Stauroini]FG06
| | i. s.: S. afghanus (Günther 1858) (see below for synonymy)L50
| | S. chunganensis Pope 1929 [=Staurois chunganensis]L50
| | S. himalayanaL50
| | S. kangtingensis Liu 1950L50
| | S. lifanensis Liu 1945L50
| | S. loloensis Liu 1950L50
| | S. mantzorum David 1871 [=Polypedates mantzorum; incl. Rana jugans Stejneger 1926, Staurois jugans]L50
| | S. nubilis (Mocquard 1890)FG06
| | S. rickettiL50
| | |--S. r. rickettiL50
| | `--S. r. minor Liu 1950L50
| |--S. latopalmatus (Boulenger 1887)PW11, FG06
| `--+--S. natator (Günther 1858)PW11, FG06
| `--+--S. parvusPW11
| `--S. tuberilinguis Boulenger 1918PW11, FG06
`--+--+--PelophylaxFB17
| `--+--AmolopsFB17
| `--+--+--OdorranaFB17
| | `--RanaFB17
| `--+--+--‘Rana’ luctuosa Peters 1871PW11, FG06 [=Pulchrana luctuosaFG06]
| | `--HylaranaFB17
| `--+--Babina Thomson 1912FB17, FG06
| | |--B. pleuraden (Boulenger 1904)FG06 [=Rana pleuradenPW11]
| | `--+--B. adenopleura (Boulenger 1909)FG06 (see below for synonymy)
| | `--B. chapaensis (Bourret 1937)FG06 [=Rana (Nidirana) chapaensisPW11, FG06]
| `--+--+--Sanguirana Dubois 1992FB17, FG06
| | | |--*S. sanguinea (Boettger 1893)FG06 [=Rana sanguineaPW11]
| | | `--S. luzonensisFB17
| | `--+--‘Rana’ igorota Taylor 1922PW11, FG06 [=Hydrophylax igorotusFG06]
| | `--‘Rana’ luzonensis Boulenger 1896PW11, FG06 [=Hydrophylax luzonensisFG06]
| `--+--‘Rana’ minima Ting & T’sai 1979PW11, FG06 [=R. (Glandirana) minimaFG06]
| `--Rugosa Fei, Ye & Huang 1991FG06
| |--R. tientaiensis (Chang 1933)FG06 [=Rana tientaiensisPW11, Glandirana tientaiensisFG06]
| `--+--*R. rugosa (Temminck & Schlegel 1838)FG06 [=Rana rugosaPW11, Glandirana rugosaFG06]
| `--R. emeljanovi (Nikolskii 1913)FG06 [=Rana emeljanoviPW11, Glandirana emeljanoviFG06]
`--+--‘Huia’ melasma Stuart & Chan-ard 2005PW11, FG06
`--+--+--+--‘Rana’ masonii Boulenger 1884FG06 [=Huia masoniiPW11]
| | `--‘Huia’ sumatrana Yang 1991PW11, FG06
| `--+--Nasirana Dubois 1992FG06
| | `--N. alticola (Boulenger 1882)FG06 [=Rana laticolaPW11]
| `--Clinotarsus Mivart 1869FG06
| `--C. curtipes (Jerdon 1854)FG06 [=Rana curtipesPW11, Hylarana curtipesFG06]
`--+--Huia Yang 1991PW11, FG06
| |--*H. cavitympanum (Boulenger 1893)FG06
| |--H. graminea (Boulenger 1900) [=Rana graminea]FG06
| |--H. leporipes (Werner 1930) [=Rana leporipes]FG06
| |--H. modiglianii (Doria, Salvidio & Tavano 1999) [=Rana modiglianii]FG06
| |--H. sinica (Ahl 1927) [=Rana sinica]FG06
| |--H. tabaca (Bain & Nguyen 2004) [=Rana tabaca]FG06
| `--H. trankieni (Orlov, Ngat & Ho 2003) [=Rana (Odorrana) trankieni]FG06
`--Meristogenys Yang 1991PW11, FG06
| i. s.: M. amoropalamus (Matsui 1986)FG06
| M. macrophthalmus (Matsui 1986)FG06
|--M. kinabaluensis (Inger 1966)PW11, FG06
`--+--+--M. orphocnemis (Matsui 1986)PW11, FG06 [=Amolops (Meristogenys) orphocnemisFG06]
| `--M. whiteheadi (Boulenger 1887)PW11, FG06
`--+--M. poecilus (Inger & Gritis 1983)PW11, FG06
`--+--M. jerboa (Günther 1872)PW11, FG06
`--M. phaeomerus (Inger & Gritis 1983)PW11, FG06
Ranidae incertae sedis:
Ooeidazyga lemmaWKW73
Humerana Dubois 1992FG06
|--H. humeralis (Boulenger 1887) [=Rana humeralis]FG06
`--H. oatesii (Boulenger 1892) [=Rana oatesii]FG06
Pterorana Kiyasetuo & Khare 1986FG06
`--P. khare Kiyasetuo & Khare 1986FG06
Ranaridia Rafinesque 1814FG06
Limnodytes Duméril & Bibron 1841 [Limnodytae]FG06
`--L. erythraeusH04
OxyglossusKF69
|--O. laevisKF69
`--O. limaKF69
Papurana Dubois 1992FG06
`--P. latouchiiFB17
Asphaerion reussi [=Rana reussi]RR00
Babina adenopleura (Boulenger 1909)FG06 [=Rana (Nidirana) adenopleuraFG06, PW11, Hylarana adenopleuraFG06; incl. R. musica Chang & Hsu 1932 (preoc.)L50]
Staurois afghanus (Günther 1858) [=Polypedates afghana, Amolops afghanus, Rana afghana; incl. Ixalus kakhienensis Anderson 1879, Polypedates marmoratus Anderson 1879]L50
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[PW11] Pyron, R. A., & J. J. Wiens. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 543–583.
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[WKW73] Wallace, D. G., M.-C. King & A. C. Wilson. 1973. Albumin differences among ranid frogs: taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Systematic Zoology 22 (1): 1–13.