"Hylarana" is in the subfamily Raninae. They are true frogs, so they are in the family Ranidae. The name "Hylarana" comes from from the New Latin word "hyle" ("wood" or "forest") and "rana" ("frog"). Scientists used to think "Hylarana" was a subgenus of the genus "Rana", but they changed their minds in 2005. In 2006, scientists took "Hylarana" and split it into more genera. They treat these as junior synonyms of "Hylarana". In 2015, Oliver et al. looked closely at "Hylarana" again. They said that only four species are really "Hylarana sensu stricto": The other frogs were moved to "Abavorana", "Amnirana", "Chalcorana", "Humerana", "Hydrophylax", "Indosylvirana", "Papurana", "Pulchrana", and "Sylvirana".