Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
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
Pelophylax fukienensis is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in Fujian (formerly romanized as "Fukien", hence the name), Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces of China as well as in Taiwan.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN, though the Taiwanese populations have strongly declined.
Pelophylax fukienensis is a medium to large-sized frog, with males reaching 47 mm (1.9 in) and females 65 mm (2.6 in) length.
Wikipedia contributors, Pelophylax fukienensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:37:39.744307+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
- Name authority
- (Pope, 1929)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Pelophylax
- 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
- genusPelophylax Fitzinger, 1843
- speciesPelophylax fukienensis (Pope, 1929)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pelophylax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pelophylax plancyi (Lataste, 1880) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger in Hartert, 1913) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax shqipericus (Hotz, Uzzell, Günther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax demarchii (Scortecci, 1929) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984) | 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 czarevskyi Terentjev in Barabanov, 2000 Terentjev in Barabanov, 2000 | synonym |
| Pelophylax plancyi fukienensis (Pope, 1929) (Pope, 1929) | synonym |
| Rana plancyi fukienensis Pope, 1929 Pope, 1929 | synonym |
| Rana fukienensis Pope, 1929 Pope, 1929 | synonym |
| Rana lighti Taylor, 1934 Taylor, 1934 | synonym |
| Hylarana fukienensis (Pope, 1929) (Pope, 1929) | 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=775186 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:76CJC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.