Odorrana has a confusing
taxonomic and
systematic history. Most species placed in the genus were initially placed in
Rana. Some were considered to belong in
Amolops and
Huia instead, and while others were separated as
Eburana. The most extreme taxonomic hypothesis would merge
Odorrana with
Huia. In the early 21st century,
molecular phylogenetic studies established that the systematic confusion was due to widespread
convergent evolution between
Amolops,
Huia and
Odorrana, which actually represent quite distinct lineages of the frog subfamily
Raninae. This necessitated some taxonomic changes, especially affecting
Huia.
Odorrana also appears to be a rather close relative of
Rana, and may even be its
sister group. While it is not completely certain that
Odorrana is in fact a distinct genus, the available evidence points towards this being so. •
Odorrana exiliversabilis •
Odorrana fengkaiensis •
Odorrana geminata •
Odorrana gigatympana •
Odorrana grahami •
Odorrana graminea •
Odorrana hainanensis •
Odorrana heatwolei •
Odorrana hejiangensis •
Odorrana hosii –
Hose's frog •
Odorrana huanggangensis •
Odorrana ichangensis •
Odorrana indeprensa (Bain & Stuart, 2005) •
Odorrana ishikawae –
Ishikawa's frog •
Odorrana jingdongensis •
Odorrana junlianensis •
Odorrana khalam •
Odorrana kuangwuensis •
Odorrana kweichowensis •
Odorrana leishanensis •
Odorrana leporipes •
Odorrana liboensis •
Odorrana lipuensis •
Odorrana livida •
Odorrana lungshengensis •
Odorrana macrotympana •
Odorrana margaretae •
Odorrana mawphlangensis •
Odorrana monjerai •
Odorrana morafkai •
Odorrana mutschmanni Pham, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski, and Ziegler, 2016 •
Odorrana nanjiangensis Fei, Ye, Xie & Jiang, 2007 •
Odorrana narina –
Ryukyu tip-nosed frog •
Odorrana nasica –
Long-snout torrent frog (formerly in
Amolops) •
Odorrana nasuta •
Odorrana orba •
Odorrana rotodora •
Odorrana sangzhiensis •
Odorrana schmackeri •
Odorrana sinica •
Odorrana splendida •
Odorrana supranarina •
Odorrana swinhoana •
Odorrana tianmuii •
Odorrana tiannanensis •
Odorrana tormota –
Concave-eared torrent frog •
Odorrana trankieni •
Odorrana utsunomiyaorum •
Odorrana versabilis •
Odorrana wuchuanensis •
Odorrana yentuensis •
Odorrana yizhangensis •
Odorrana zhaoi In addition, the
Phu Luang cliff frog (presently
Huia aureola) might belong in
Odorrana too. ==Footnotes==