Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
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.
Rana macrocnemis, Туапсинский район, верховья Двубратского ручья (Шпичатского потока)
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Open encyclopedia reference
The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), also known as Caucasus frog, Brusa frog, or Uludağ frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, and introduced vegetation.
It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Wikipedia contributors, Long-legged wood frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:25:15.886199+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
- Name authority
- Boulenger, 1885
- 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 macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
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 |
| European frogRana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana sakuraii Matsui & Matsui, 1990 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rana italica Dubois, 1987 | 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 camerani Boulenger, 1886 Boulenger, 1886 | synonym |
| Rana holtzi Werner, 1898 Werner, 1898 | synonym |
| Rana kisatibensis Riabinin, 1928 Riabinin, 1928 | synonym |
| Rana macrocnemis camerani Boulenger, 1886 Boulenger, 1886 | synonym |
| Rana macrocnemis angeloi Bogachev, 1927 Bogachev, 1927 | synonym |
| Rana macrocnemis holtzi Werner, 1898 Werner, 1898 | synonym |
| Rana temporaria warenzowi Terentjev, 1923 Terentjev, 1923 | 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=665365 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:6WR68. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.