La rana agile, Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1839

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Rana ágil. Catalano - Granota saltadora. Basco - Baso-igel jauzkaria. Francese - Grenouille agile. Inglese - Agile Frog, Leap Frog, Dalmatian Frog, Spring Frog. Tedesco - Springfrosch. Svezia - Långbensgroda. Norvegia - Springfrosk. Finlandia - Hyppysammakko. Danimarca - Springfrø. Olanda - springkikker. Grecia - Πηδοβάτραχος, Ευκίνητος Βάτραχος, Ζβελτοβάτραχος. Croazia - Šumska (smeđa) žaba. Serbia - Šumska žaba. Slovenia - Rosnica. Macedonia (FYROM) - Шумска жаба . Polonia - Żaba dalmatyńska. Ungheria - Erdei béka. Repubblica Ceca - Skokan štíhlý. Slovacchia - Skokan dlhonohý. Albania - Bretkosa e kuqërremtë e pyllit, Bretkosa kërcimtare. Romania - Broasca bruna de padure, Broasca rosie de padure. Turchia - Çevik kurbağa. Bulgaria - Горска дългокрака жаба.

Classificazione - Regno: Animalia. Sottoregno: Eumetazoa. Phylum: Chordata. Subphylum: Vertebrata. Superclasse: Gnathostomata. Classe: Amphibia. Sottoclasse: Lissamphibia. Ordine: Anura. Sottordine: Dispasiocoela. Famiglia: Ranidae. Genere: Rana.

Rana dalmatina Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1839, Iconograph. Fauna Ital., 2(Fasc. 26): non numerato. Materiale tipo: non specificato. Località tipo: non specificata; designata come "Dalmatien" (ora Croazia) da Mertens & Müller, 1928, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 41: 19.
Rana agilis Thomas, 1855, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser, 4, 4: 372. Sintipis: numero e collezioni depositate non specificato; MNHNP 4403-04 (secondo Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 35), e MZUT An12 (secondo Gavetti & Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 92). Località tipo: "les environs de Nantes", Francia. Sinonimia di Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2: 332 (che usa il nome Rana agilis piuttosto che Rana dalmatina); Stejneger, 1907, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 58: 51, applica la regola di priorità.
Rana gracilis Fatio, 1862, Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris, Ser. 2, 14: 81. Sintipi: MZUT An 29 (2 specimen), secondo Gavetti & Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 82. Località tipo: "marais de Puplinges, près Geneve", Svizzera. In sinonimia con Rana agilis di Steenstrup, 1869, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., Ser. 2, 1869: 16; Fatio, 1872, Fauna Vert. Suisse, 3: 334. Occupata precedentemente da Rana gracilis Gravenhorst, 1829. Sinonimia di Boulenger, 1898, Tailless Batr. Eur., 2: 333.
Rana temporaria var. agilis Schreiber, 1875, Herpetol. Eur.: 125.
Rana temporaria agilis Bedriaga, 1881, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 56: 300.
Rana agilis agilis Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 521, by implication.
Rana (Crotaphitis) agilis Schultze, 1891, Jahresber. Abhandl. Naturwiss. Ver. Magdeburg, 1890: 176.
Rana (Rana) dalmatina Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 35.
Rana agiloides Brunner, 1951, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math. Naturwiss. Kl., 60: 39. Olotipo: BSPHM (1982-X-6574), omero destr [fossile del Pleistocene superiore] Località tipo: "Pottenstein", Germania. Sinonimia di Sanchíz, 1998, Handb. Palaeoherpetol., 4: 123.
Rana mülleri Brunner, 1959, Paläontolog. Z., 33: 160. Holotype: BSPHM (1982-X-6599), frontoparietale destro. Località tipo: "Schmiedberg-Abri bei Hirschbach (Oberfalz)", Germania [fossile del Pleistocene]. Sanchíz, 1998, Handb. Palaeoherpetol., 4: 124.
Rana (Rana) dalmatina Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 41-42. per implicazione; Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 333.
Rana (Laurasiarana) dalmatina Hillis & Wilcox, 2005, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 34: 311. per implicazione; vedere Dubois, 2006, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 317-330, and Hillis, 2006, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 42: 331-338, per la discussione.

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