Glandirana minima (Ting & T'sai, 1979)
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
Glandirana minima (known as Fujian frog or little gland frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to the eastern parts of the Fujian province, China, (in Fuzhou, Fuqing, Yongtai and Changle, Xianyou). Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Glandirana minima is a small frog: male frogs are 27 mm (1.1 in) and females frogs 29 mm (1.1 in) long.
Wikipedia contributors, Glandirana minima; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:16:02.763887+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Glandirana minima (Ting & T'sai, 1979)
- Name authority
- (Ting & T'sai, 1979)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Glandirana
- 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
- genusGlandirana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990
- speciesGlandirana minima (Ting & T'sai, 1979)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Glandirana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Glandirana susurra (Sekiya, Miura & Ogata, 2012) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glandirana tientaiensis (Chang, 1933) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glandirana reliquia Shimada, Matsui, Ogata & Miura, 2022 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glandirana emeljanovi (Nikolskii, 1913) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Wrinkled FrogGlandirana rugosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) | 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 minima Ting & T'sai, 1979 Ting & T'sai, 1979 | synonym |
| Rana minimus Ting & T'sai, 1979 Ting & T'sai, 1979 | 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=774986 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:6KH9C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.