Rana (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Ranidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The American bullfrog is a species within the genus Rana native to eastern North America.
- Rana esculenta, the edible frog, is an anuran in the family Ranidae with multiple host species.
- In the past, the genus Rana contained a large number of species but many have been reclassified.
- The European common frog belongs to the genus Rana and is widely distributed in Europe.
- Several species of the genus Rana were moved to other genera following a major revision in the classification of the Ranidae.