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Rana kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918

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.

Rana kukunoris - Plateau brown frog in Sichuan, China. Photo by Steve B. (iNaturalist user "stevestevens"). Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289789563

Rana kukunoris - Plateau brown frog in Sichuan, China. Photo by Steve B. (iNaturalist user "stevestevens"). Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289789563

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Open encyclopedia reference

The plateau brown frog or plateau wood frog (Rana kukunoris) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, endemic to the plateau region of western China (northwestern Sichuan, eastern Qinghai, Gansu, and very northeastern Tibet). It was previously included in Rana chensinensis but it now considered a valid species. It is a common frog in suitable habitats that include alpine meadows, marshland and grassland. It hibernates in streams. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Wikipedia contributors, Plateau brown 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 kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918
Name authority
Nikolskii, 1918
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyRanidae Batsch, 1796
  11. genusRana Linnaeus, 1758
  12. speciesRana kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana chaochiaoensis Liu, 1946RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana chevronta Hu & Ye, 1978RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana culaiensis Li, Lu & Li, 2008RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana huanrensis Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana iberica Boulenger, 1879RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana japonica Boulenger, 1879RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana maoershanensis Lu, Li & Jiang, 2007RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana neba Ryuzaki, Hasegawa & Kuramoto, 2014RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
European frogRana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rana sakuraii Matsui & Matsui, 1990RanidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 320 records assigned to Ranidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Rana weigoldi Vogt, 1924 Vogt, 1924synonym
Rana chensinensis kangdingensis Wei & Chen, 1990 Wei & Chen, 1990synonym
Rana chensinensis lanzhouensis Wei & Chen, 1990 Wei & Chen, 1990synonym
Rana chensinensis hongyuanensis Hu, Jiang & Zhao, 1985 Hu, Jiang & Zhao, 1985synonym
Rana amurensis kokonoris Nikolskii, 1918 Nikolskii, 1918synonym
Rana amurensis kukunoris Nikolskii, 1918 Nikolskii, 1918synonym

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=665348 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:78R5R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.