Ptychadenidae

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Ptychadenidae
Ptychadena pumilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Dubois, 1987
Genera

Hildebrandtia
Lanzarana
Ptychadena

Ptychadenidae is a family of frogs.[1][2] These frogs occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. The common name of the family is grassland frogs.[1]

Ptychadenidae was previously considered to be a tribe or subfamily in the Ranidae family, but its position as a family is now well established.[1][2][3]

Subfamilies and genera

There are three genera with in total 52[3] to 55 species:[1]

  • Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907 — 3 species
  • Lanzarana Clarke, 1982 — 1 species
  • Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 — 51 species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Ptychadenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014. 
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