Ranoidea (genus) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ranoidea (genus) |
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| Ranoidea aurea, the type species | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Subfamily: | Pelodryadinae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea Tschudi, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Ranoidea jacksoniensis Tschudi, 1838
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Ranoidea is a group, or genus, of frogs. These frogs belong to the Pelodryadinae family. You can find them living in Australia, New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Louisiade Archipelago.
Scientists sometimes disagree about which frogs belong in the Ranoidea group. Many frogs now in Ranoidea used to be in other groups like Litoria, Dryopsophus, or Hyla. In 2016, some scientists suggested splitting the Litoria group into smaller ones. Many other amphibian scientists agreed with this idea. However, some did not, partly because not all Litoria frogs had been studied using DNA tests.
About Ranoidea Frogs
All frogs in the Ranoidea group have special features. Their pupils (the dark part of their eyes) are shaped like slits that open up and down. Also, the clear membrane over their eyelids has no color.
Tadpoles and Their Homes
Many Ranoidea species have tadpoles that live in mountain streams. These tadpoles have very large mouths. Their mouths are located on the undersides of their bodies. This helps them feed in fast-moving water.
Species of Ranoidea
Here are some of the frog species that are part of, or were once part of, the Ranoidea genus:
- Ranoidea alboguttata (Günther, 1867) - Striped burrowing frog
- Ranoidea andiirrmalin (McDonald, 1997) - Cape Melville tree frog
- Ranoidea aruensis (Horst, 1883) - Aru tree frog
- Ranoidea auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
- Ranoidea aurea (Lesson, 1829) - Green and golden bell frog
- Ranoidea australis (Gray, 1842) - Northern snapping frog, Australian water-holding frog, giant ground frog
- Ranoidea barringtonensis (Copland, 1957) - Mountain stream tree frog
- Ranoidea becki (Loveridge, 1945) - Beck's tree frog
- Ranoidea bella (McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016) - Cape York graceful tree frog
- Ranoidea booroolongensis (Moore, 1961) - Booroolong frog
- Ranoidea brevipes (Peters, 1871) - Short-footed frog
- Ranoidea brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945) - Brongersma's tree frog
- Ranoidea bulmeri (Tyler, 1968) - Bulmer's tree frog
- Ranoidea caerulea (White, 1790)
- Ranoidea callista (Kraus, 2013)
- Ranoidea cavernicola (Tyler and Davies, 1979) - Cave-dwelling frog
- Ranoidea chloris (Boulenger, 1892) - Orange-eyed tree frog
- Ranoidea citropa (Péron, 1807) - Blue Mountains tree frog
- Ranoidea cryptotis (Tyler and Martin, 1977) - Hidden-ear frog
- Ranoidea cultripes (Parker, 1940) - Knife-footed frog
- Ranoidea cyclorhynchus (Boulenger, 1882) - Spotted-thighed frog
- Ranoidea dahlii (Boulenger, 1896) - Dahl's aquatic frog
- Ranoidea daviesae (Mahony, Knowles, Foster, and Donnellan, 2001) - Davies' tree frog
- Ranoidea dayi (Günther, 1897) - Australian lace-lid
- Ranoidea dorsivena (Tyler, 1968) - Eastern mountains tree frog
- Ranoidea elkeae (Günther and Richards, 2000)
- Ranoidea eschata (Kraus and Allison, 2009)
- Ranoidea eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900) - Fringed tree frog
- Ranoidea exophthalmia (Tyler, Davies, and Aplin, 1986)
- Ranoidea fuscula (Oliver and Richards, 2007)
- Ranoidea genimaculata (Horst, 1883) - Green-eyed tree frog
- Ranoidea gilleni (Spencer, 1896) - Centralian tree frog
- Ranoidea gracilenta (Peters, 1869) - Dainty green tree frog
- Ranoidea graminea (Boulenger, 1905) - Northern New Guinea tree frog
- Ranoidea impura (Peters and Doria, 1878)
- Ranoidea jungguy (Donnellan and Mahony, 2004) - Jungguy frog
- Ranoidea kroombitensis (Hoskin, Hines, Meyer, Clarke, and Cunningham, 2013) - Kroombit frog
- Ranoidea kumae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
- Ranoidea lesueurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) - LeSueur's frog
- Ranoidea longipes (Tyler and Martin, 1977) - Kimberly water-holding frog
- Ranoidea lorica (Davies and McDonald, 1979) - Armoured frog
- Ranoidea macki (Richards, 2001)
- Ranoidea maculosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977) - Olive water-holding frog, Daly Waters frog
- Ranoidea maini (Tyler and Martin, 1977) - Main's frog
- Ranoidea manya (Van Beurden and McDonald, 1980) - Small frog
- Ranoidea moorei (Copland, 1957) - Motorbike frog
- Ranoidea myola (Hoskin, 2007) - Kuranda tree frog
- Ranoidea nannotis (Andersson, 1916) - Waterfall frog
- Ranoidea napaea (Tyler, 1968) - Snow Mountains tree frog
- Ranoidea novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1867) - New Holland frog
- Ranoidea nudidigita (Copland, 1963) - Narrow fringed frog, leaf green tree frog
- Ranoidea nyakalensis (Liem, 1974) - Mountain mist frog
- Ranoidea occidentalis (Anstis, Price, Roberts, Catalano, Hines, Doughty, and Donnellan, 2016) - Western water-holding frog
- Ranoidea pearsoniana (Copland, 1961) - Pearson's green tree frog
- Ranoidea phyllochroa (Günther, 1863) - Leaf green tree frog
- Ranoidea piperata (Tyler and Davies, 1985) - Peppered tree frog
- Ranoidea platycephala (Günther, 1873) - Eastern water-holding frog
- Ranoidea pratti (Boulenger, 1911) - Pratt's tree frog
- Ranoidea raniformis (Keferstein, 1867) - Growling grass frog
- Ranoidea rara (Günther and Richards, 2005)
- Ranoidea rheocola (Liem, 1974) - Common mist frog
- Ranoidea rivicola (Günther and Richards, 2005)
- Ranoidea robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008)
- Ranoidea rueppelli (Boettger, 1895) - Rueppel's big-eyed tree frog
- Ranoidea serrata (Andersson, 1916) - Green-eyed tree frog
- Ranoidea spenceri (Dubois, 1984) - Spencer's tree frog
- Ranoidea spinifera (Tyler, 1968) - Spiny tree frog
- Ranoidea splendida (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1977) - Magnificent tree frog
- Ranoidea subglandulosa (Tyler and Anstis, 1983) - New England tree frog
- Ranoidea vagitus (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981) - Wailing frog
- Ranoidea verrucosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977) - Rough frog
- Ranoidea wilcoxii (Günther, 1864) - Wilcox's frog
- Ranoidea xanthomera (Davies, McDonald, and Adams, 1986) - Orange-thighed frog
Scientists also believe the Papua big-eyed tree frog (Van Kampen, 1909) might be a Ranoidea species. They are collecting more information about where this frog lives to be sure.
Images for kids
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Ranoidea novaehollandiae is the type species of the genus Cyclorana which—pending further studies—may become recognized again.
See also
In Spanish: Ranoidea para niños
