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Ptychadenidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Superfamily
  
Ranoidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anura

Rank
  
Family

Ptychadenidae httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Limnodynastidae, Pyxicephalidae, Ceratobatrachidae, Ranixalidae, Hylodidae

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

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

Subfamilies and genera

There are three genera with in total 52 to 55 species:

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

    Ptychadenidae Wikipedia