Quasipaa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Quasipaa
Species (15): Q. acathophora – Q. binhi – Q. boulengeri – Q. courtoisi – Q. delacouri – Q. exilispinosa – Q. fasciculispina – Q. jiulongensis – Q. ohlerae – Q. robertingeri – Q. shini – Q. spinosa – Q. taoi – Q. verrucospinosa – Q. yei

Name

Quasipaa Dubois, 1992: 320

Type species: Rana boulengeri Günther, 1889, by original designation.

Synonyms

Annandia Dubois, 1992: 317 [as a subgenus of Chaparana]
- Type species: Rana delacouri Angel, 1928, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Jiang, J.-P., Dubois, A., Ohler, A., Tillier, A., Chen, X.-H., Xie, F. & Stöck, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) based on partial sequences of mitochondrial 12s and 16s rRNA genes. Zoological Science 22(3): 353–362. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.353 Reference page.
Ohler, A. & Dubois, A. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and generic taxonomy of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae) with diagnoses of two new genera. Zoosystema 28(3): 769–784. PDF Reference page.
Che, J., Hu, J.-S., Zhou, W.-W., Murphy, R.W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chen, M.-Y., Rao, D.-Q., Li, P.-P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2009. Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(1): 59–73. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.007 Reference page.
Che, J., Zhou, W.-W., Hu, J.-S., Yan, F., Papenfuss, T.J., Wake, D.B. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2010. Spiny frogs (Paini) illuminate the history of the Himalayan region and Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(31): 13765–13770. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008415107 Reference page.
Yan, F., Nneji, L.M., Jin, J.-Q., Yuan, Z.-Y., Chen, J.-M., Mi, X., Chen, H.-M., Murphy, R.W. & Che, J. 2021. Multi-locus genetic analyses of Quasipaa from throughout its distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107218 Reference page.
Pham, C.T., Hoang, C.V., Phan, T.Q., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2022. Hidden in the jungle of Vietnam: a new species of Quasipaa (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain. Zookeys 1124: 23–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1124.89282 Reference page.
Pham, C.T., Hoang, C.V., Phan, T.Q., Pham, A.V., Ong, A.V., Nguyen, V.H.T., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2025. Taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex (Amphibia, Dicroglossidae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1240: 139–175. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.147337 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Spiny Frogs