Document Type : Article
Authors
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Biological sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran,
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Rana is a genus of the Ranidae family. This genus has a worldwide distribution, with six subfamilies, 30 genera and 500 species in the world. Frogs of Iran are still known very incompletely. Results of the study of frogs fauna in 343 different localities of 20 provinces of Iran and other studies which have been done by other researchers, recorded a total of two genera and four species from these areas: Rana ridibunda, Rana camerani, Rana macrocnemis and Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis. Their distribution in Iran is limited and some taxonomic information is given for each species. There are two aims in the present study: the first one is to provide reliable description that will allow unambiguous and true identification of these species of Iran. The second aim is to provide information on distribution and biology of this family to enhance future studies.
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