''Nidirana'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
true frogs
True frogs is the common name for the frog family Ranidae. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica. The true frogs are present in North A ...
(Ranidae) from
East
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
and
Southeast Asia
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. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus ''
Babina'', which is thought to be its
sister genus.
Species
The following species are recognized within ''Nidirana'':
* ''
Nidirana adenopleura''
(Boulenger, 1909)
* ''
Nidirana chapaensis''
(Bourret, 1937)
* ''
Nidirana chongqingensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Ma & Wang, 2023 [Ma Q. and Z. Wang. 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]
* ''
Nidirana daunchina''
(Chang, 1933)
* ''
Nidirana guangdongensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Lyu, Wan, and Wang, 2020
* ''
Nidirana guangxiensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Mo, Lyu, Huang, Liao, and Wang, 2021
* ''
Nidirana hainanensis''
(Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2007)
* ''
Nidirana leishanensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Li, Wei, Xu, Cui, Fei, Jiang, Liu, and Wang, 2019
* ''
Nidirana lini''
(Chou, 1999)
* ''
Nidirana mangveni
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Lyu, Qi, and Y.-y. Wang, 2020
* ''
Nidirana nankunensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-easter ...
''
Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Lin, Liu, and Wang, 2017
* ''
Nidirana occidentalis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Lyu, Yang, and Wang, 2020
* ''
Nidirana okinavana''
(Boettger, 1895)
* ''
Nidirana pleuraden''
(Boulenger, 1904)
* ''
Nidirana shiwandashanensis
''Nidirana'' is a genus of true frogs (Ranidae) from East and Southeast Asia. They are commonly known as music frogs. This genus contains numerous species that were formerly classified in the genus '' Babina'', which is thought to be its sister ...
''
Chen, Peng, Li, and Liu, 2022
* ''
Nidirana xiangica''
Lyu and Wang, 2020
* ''
Nidirana yaoica''
Lyu, Mo, Wan, Li, Pang, and Wang, 2019
* ''
Nidirana yeae''
Wei, Li, Liu, Cheng, Xu, and Wang, 2020
References
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Nidirana
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera