Rana aurora

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: Rana aurora

Name

Rana aurora Baird & Girard, 1852

Type locality: "Puget Sound", Washington, USA.

Syntypes: USNM 11711 (4 specimens).

Synonyms

* Rana aurora Baird & Girard, 1852
* Rana temporaria aurora — Cope, 1875
* Rana agilis aurora — Cope, 1886
* Rana aurora aurora — Camp, 1917
* Rana (Rana) aurora — Dubois, 1987
* Rana (Aurorana) aurora — Dubois, 1992
* Rana aurora — Shaffer, Fellers, Voss, Oliver & Pauly, 2004
* Rana (Laurasiarana, Amerana) aurora — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
* Rana (Amerana) aurora — Dubois, 2006

References

* Baird and Girard, 1852, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 174.
* Dubois, 2006, C. R. Biol., 329: 830.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Rana aurora . Accessed on 05 July 2008.
* AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Rana aurora. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Rana aurora (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 05 July 2008.

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Red-legged Frog