Ranae Et Rex
Ranae may refer to: *''The Frogs'' (or ''Ranae'' in Latin), an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes *'' Besla ranae'', a species of sea snail *'' Ophiotaenia ranae'', a species of tapeworm *''Hydrocharis morsus-ranae ''Hydrocharis morsus-ranae'', frogbit, is a flowering plant belonging to the genus ''Hydrocharis'' in the family Hydrocharitaceae. In North America, it is referred to as common frogbit or European frog's-bit to distinguish it from the related Am ...

The Frogs
''The Frogs'' ( grc-gre, Βάτραχοι, Bátrakhoi, Frogs; la, Ranae, often abbreviated ''Ran.'' or ''Ra.'') is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place. Plot ''The Frogs'' tells the story of the god Dionysus, who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. (Euripides had died the year before, in 406 BC.) He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens, Xanthias and Dionysus argue over what kind of jokes Xanthias can use to open the play. For the first half of the play, Dionysus routinely makes critical errors, forcing Xanthias to improvise in order to protect his master and prevent Dionysus from looking incompetent—but this only allows Dionysus to continue to make mistakes with no consequence. To find ...
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Besla Ranae
''Besla ranae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Besla ''Besla'' is a small genus of miniature sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini (sensu taxonomy by Bouchet & Roctroi, 2005).Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Besla Dall & Bartsch, 190 ... genus of gastropods. References Dall W. H. & Bartsch P. (1904). ''Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae''. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17: 1-16 External links Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1961 {{Pyramidellidae-stub ...
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Ophiotaenia Ranae
''Ophiotaenia ranae'' is a tapeworm from Japan. It is parasite of the frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ... '' Rana nigromaculata''.Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology
- Proteocephalidae

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Cestoda Parasites of amphibians
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