Taxonomic History
Common Names
Order and Species
6 native species of Rana found in western United States
R. muscosa and R. sierrae diverged approximately 2.2 million years ago (Shaffer 2000)
Popular cultural references
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura (frogs and toads), Anura means "tailess" in Greek
Family: Ranidae (true frogs)
Genus: Rana
Species: R. muscosa (southern population)
Species: R. sierrae (northern population)
Describer: Camp, C.L. (1917). Notes on the systematic status of the toads and frogs of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 17:115–125.
Camp (1917)
Macey et al. (2001)
Shaffer et al. (2000)
Grinnel and Camp (1917)
Zweifel (1955)
Vredenburg (2007)