Rana chensinensis David, 1875
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.
A photograph of Rana chensinensis, taken in Southern Sakhalin Island, Russia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Asiatic grass frog or Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, found in China and Mongolia.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This frog is noted in Chinese agriculture for its strong preying performance on pests. A study conducted in Qingyuan County during the years 1982 and 1983 found that breeding the frogs decreased both the use of pesticides and the pollution in the environment.
Within China, fatty tissue close to the frog's fallopian tubes are used to make Hasma, a dessert ingredient and traditional medicine.
Wikipedia contributors, Rana chensinensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:24:20.081384+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rana chensinensis David, 1875
- Name authority
- David, 1875
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Rana
- 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
- familyRanidae Batsch, 1796
- genusRana Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesRana chensinensis David, 1875
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana chaochiaoensis Liu, 1946 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana chevronta Hu & Ye, 1978 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana culaiensis Li, Lu & Li, 2008 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana huanrensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana iberica Boulenger, 1879 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana japonica Boulenger, 1879 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana maoershanensis Lu, Li & Jiang, 2007 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana neba Ryuzaki, Hasegawa & Kuramoto, 2014 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European frogRana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana sakuraii Matsui & Matsui, 1990 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rana temporaria chensinensis David, 1875 David, 1875 | 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=665284 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.
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:4RDLN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.