''Nanorana'' is a genus of
dicroglossid frogs. They are found in Asia, from the
Himalayan region of northern
Pakistan and northern
India,
Nepal, and western
China
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east to montane southern China and southeast to
Myanmar
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,
Thailand,
Laos
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, and northern
Vietnam. Common names of these frogs reflect the complex taxonomic history of the genus (see below) and include Yunnan slow frogs (or simply slow frogs) and High Himalaya frogs (for the now-synonymized genus ''Altirana'').
Taxonomy
The
taxonomy of true frogs and their allies has been subject to numerous changes during the last decade and is not yet fully settled. ''Nanorana'' in particular has seen big changes. As currently delineated, ''Nanorana'' is a quite large genus with 28 species, resulting from considering ''Chaparana'', ''Paa'', and ''Feirana'' as junior synonyms. Currently these taxa may be recognized as
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
, but their delineation is not entirely settled and not all species have been assigned to subgenera. Note, however, that species at one point placed in these (sub)genera might currently be placed also in genera other than ''Nanorana'' (''
Quasipaa
''Quasipaa'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. The genus has no established common name, but many individual species are referred to as ''spiny frogs''. They occur in East and Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Cambodia to southern ...
'', ''
Ombrana
''Ombrana'' is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is represented by a single species, ''Ombrana sikimensis''. The validity of this genus is currently considered uncertain.
''Ombrana sikimensis'' is found in central and e ...
'', and ''
Allopaa
''Allopaa'' is a small genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. Their distribution is restricted to Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. The phylogenetic
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'').
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Nanorana'':[
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References
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Dicroglossidae
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of Asia
Taxa named by Albert Günther