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Life → Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Explore the principal ranks; intermediate clades remain in Advanced classification.

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NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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Rana temporaria

Species

common frog

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  1. LifeLife
  2. DomainEukaryota
  3. KingdomAnimalia
  4. PhylumChordata
  5. ClassAmphibia
  6. OrderAnura
  7. FamilyRanidae
  8. GenusRana
  9. SpeciesRana temporaria
Advanced classification

Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

  1. cellular organisms cellular root
  2. Eukaryota domain
  3. Opisthokonta clade
  4. Metazoa kingdom
  5. Eumetazoa clade
  6. Bilateria clade
  7. Deuterostomia clade
  8. Chordata phylum
  9. Craniata subphylum
  10. Vertebrata clade
  11. Gnathostomata clade
  12. Teleostomi clade
  13. Euteleostomi clade
  14. Sarcopterygii superclass
  15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
  16. Tetrapoda clade
  17. Amphibia class
  18. Batrachia superorder
  19. Anura order
  20. Neobatrachia suborder
  21. Ranoidea superfamily
  22. Ranidae family
  23. Rana genus
  24. Rana subgenus
  25. Rana temporaria species

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