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Nanorana taihangnica (Chen & Jiang, 2002)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Nanorana taihangnica, or the Taihangshan swelled-vented frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to central China. Its type locality is on the Taihang Mountains, within the Jiyuan city in Henan province of central China. It is now also reported from Qin, Funiu and Zhongtiao Mountains (these can all be interpreted as being part of the greater Qin Mountains Region), with its distribution also including Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. There is substantial differentiation among lineages from different mountains.

Little is known about this relatively recently described species inhabiting rivers and surrounding forests.

Wikipedia contributors, Nanorana taihangnica; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:17:15.724553+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Nanorana taihangnica (Chen & Jiang, 2002)
Name authority
(Chen & Jiang, 2002)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Dicroglossidae
Genus
Nanorana
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyDicroglossidae Anderson, 1871
  11. subfamilyDicroglossinae Anderson, 1871
  12. genusNanorana Günther, 1896
  13. speciesNanorana taihangnica (Chen & Jiang, 2002)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Nanorana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Nanorana arnoldi (Dubois, 1975)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana conaensis (Fei & Huang in Huang & Fei, 1981)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana feae (Boulenger, 1887)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana gammii (Anderson, 1871)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana kangxianensis (Yang, Wang, Hu & Jiang, 2011)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das & Chanda, 2000)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana polunini (Smith, 1951)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana quadranus (Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana unculuanus (Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana ventripunctata Fei & Huang, 1985DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nanorana blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882)DicroglossidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 159 records assigned to Dicroglossidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Feirana taihangnica (Chen & Jiang, 2002) (Chen & Jiang, 2002)synonym
Chaparana taihangnica (Chen & Jiang, 2002) (Chen & Jiang, 2002)synonym
Paa taihangnica Chen & Jiang, 2002 Chen & Jiang, 2002synonym
Paa taihangnicus Chen & Jiang, 2002 Chen & Jiang, 2002synonym

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=774160 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:45N7V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.