Green Paddy Frog

The common green frog is a frog of the true frog family Ranidae. some sources still use the old name Rana erythraea. The species occupies South-east Asia and is also called the green paddy frog, red-eared frog, common greenback or leaf frog. Males grow to 30–45 mm in snout–vent length and females to 50–75 mm, and tadpoles to 36 mm (Wikipedia, general species account). The common green frog (Hylarana erythraea) is a frog species of in the true frog family Ranidae. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The last name, however, commonly refers to the Neotropical tree frogs which make up the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. These are not closely related to H. erythraea, belonging to family Hylidae instead. Long placed in Rana, it is only as closely related to this genus as is e.g. Consequently, the genus Hylarana, of which the common green frog is the type species, warrants re-establishment. Hylarana seems to form a clade together with the similarly revalidated genera Pulchrana and Sylvirana, and presumably also Hydrophylax as well as some species presently placed in Pelophylax (e.g. (Wikipedia, general species account).