Rana cretensis

• Overview
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is associated with wetlands including slow-moving rivers and streams , lakes and marshes. Breeding and larval development presumably take place in these waterbodies.[1]


List of Habitats :3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) 5.6Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) 5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rana

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 663 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

R. (Hylarana) · R. (Paa) minica · R. aberae · R. aberdariensis · R. abyssinica · R. acanthi · R. adenopleura · R. adspersa · R. adspersa edulis · R. aequiplicata · R. aesopus · R. affinis · R. afghana · R. agilis · R. albolabris · R. albotuberculata · R. alsopus · R. altaica · R. alticola · R. amamiensis · R. amieti · R. amnicola · R. amurensis · R. amurensis coreana · R. anchietae · R. andersonii · R. angolensis · R. angolensis chapini · R. anlungensis · R. ansorgii · R. apilis · R. aragonensis · R. arathooni · R. archotaphus · R. areolata (Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata aesopus (Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata areolata (Southern Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata capito · R. areolata circulosa (Northern Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata sevosa · R. arfaki · R. arvalis · R. arvalis arvalis · R. arvalis wolterstorffi · R. asiatica · R. asiatria · R. aspera · R. asperata (Yangambi Butterbarbel) · R. asperrima · R. attigua · R. aurantiaca · R. aurata · R. aurora (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. aurora aurora (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. aurora cascadae · R. aurora draytoni · R. aurora draytonii (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. austricola · R. bacboensis · R. balcanica · R. banaorum · R. banjarana · R. bannanica · R. baramica · R. barbouri · R. basaltica · R. beddomii · R. bedriagae · R. bergeri (Italian Poolfrog) · R. berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog) · R. berlandieri forreri · R. betsileanus · R. bibronii · R. bicolor · R. binotata · R. blairi (Plains Leopard Frog) · R. blythi · R. blythii · R. bolavensis · R. boulengeri · R. boylei · R. boyli · R. boylii (Foothill Yellow Legged Frog) · R. boylii boylii (Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog) · R. boylii mucosa · R. boylii muscosa · R. boylii sierrae · R. boyli boyli · R. brachycephala · R. brama · R. breviceps · R. brevipalmata · R. brevipoda · R. brownorum · R. bunoderma · R. burnsi · R. bwana · R. bwanade · R. cacondana · R. caldwelli

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Further Reading

• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
• Beerli, P. 1994. Genetic isolation and calibration of an average protein clock in western Palearctic water frogs of the Aegean region. PhD thesis: University of Zurich, Switzerland.
• Beerli, P., Hotz, H. Tunner, H., Heppich, S. and Uzzell, T. 1994. Two new water frog species from the Aegean islands Crete and Karpathos (Amphibia, Salientia, Ranidae). Notulae Naturae 470: 1-9.
• Beerli, P., Hotz, H. and Uzzell, T. 1996. Geologically dated sea barriers calibrate a protein clock for Aegean water frogs. Evolution 50(4): 1676-1687.
• Gasc, J.-P. (ed.) 1997. Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Societas Europea Herpetologica & Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Notes

Contributors

• Beerli, P. & Uzzell, T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30378
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-665292
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 665292
• IUCN ID: 58581
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139728

Footnotes

1. Beerli, P. & Uzzell, T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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