Petropedetinae
| Petropedetinae | |
|---|---|
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| Petropedetes cameronensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Superfamily: | Ranoidea |
| Family: | Ranidae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Petropedetinae |
| Genera | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cacosternidae | |
Petropedetinae is a subfamily of frogs placed within the true frog family, Ranidae by many authors, but this is quite disputed and at least part of this group is often treated as a distinct family Petropedetidae, in which case the Cacosterninae and Phrynobatrachinae are usually separated as subfamilies or even distinct families, Cacosternidae and Phrynobatrachidae.[1] Most members of this subfamily are in the genus Phrynobatrachus. These frogs are essentially limited to sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest diversity - and as it seems their evolutionary origin - in the very south of the continent.
This group of frogs is made up from the following genera, about half of which are monotypic:
- Anhydrophryne – hogsback frog (one species and two recently added from Arthroleptides)
- Arthroleptella – moss frogs (seven species)
- Arthroleptides – African torrent frogs (three species recently moved to Petropedetes)
- Cacosternum – cacos (10 species)
- Dimorphognathus (one species)
- Ericabatrachus (one species)
- Microbatrachella – Micro frog (one species)
- Natalobatrachus (one species)
- Nothophryne (one species)
- Petropedetes (seven species)
- Phrynobatrachus – dwarf puddle frogs or African puddle frogs (70+ species)
- Phrynodon (one species)
- Poyntonia (one species)
Footnotes
- ↑ Frost (2006)
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2006): Amphibian Species of the World Version 3 - Petropedetidae Noble, 1931. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2006-AUG-05.