Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Ranoidea Rank Family | Class Amphibia Phylum Chordata Order Frog | |
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Similar Frog, Limnonectes, Fejervarya, Megophryidae, Ceratobatrachidae | ||
The Dicroglossidae family of frogs occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs.
Contents
- Plos one a new species of euphlyctis anura dicroglossidae from barisal bangladesh
- Subfamilies and genera
- Phylogeny
- References
The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to be a subfamily in the Ranidae family, but their position as a family is now well established.
Plos one a new species of euphlyctis anura dicroglossidae from barisal bangladesh
Subfamilies and genera
The two subfamilies contain more than 186 species in 13–15 genera, depending on the source.
Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 — 169 species in 13 genera:
Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 — 17 species in two genera:
Phylogeny
The following phylogeny of Dicroglossidae is from Pyron & Wiens (2011). Dicroglossidae is a sister group of Ranixalidae.
References
Dicroglossidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA