Liurana medogensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Liurana medogensis, commonly known as Medog papilla-tongued frog or Medog eastern frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is found in Mêdog County, Tibet (China) and in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. However, the records from India might represent another species, and the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020) does not include them in the range of this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Liurana medogensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:05:26.847035+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liurana medogensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997
- Name authority
- Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ceratobatrachidae
- Genus
- Liurana
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyCeratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
- subfamilyLiuraninae Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2010
- genusLiurana Dubois, 1987
- speciesLiurana medogensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Liurana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Liurana himalayana Saikia & Sinha, 2019 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana indica Saikia & Sinha, 2019 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana minuta Saikia & Sinha, 2019 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana namchabarwa Yu, Lin, Wang, Jiang & Xie, 2024 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana alpina Huang & Ye, 1997 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana vallecula Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li & Che, 2019 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Liurana xizangensis (Hu in Sichuan Institute of Biology Herpetology Department, 1977) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ingerana medogensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) | synonym |
| Limnonectes medogensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1095664 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3VNXV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.