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{{Short description|Subfamily of amphibians}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|40|0|[[Late Eocene]] to present}}
| image = Pyxicephalus adspersus, Boston Aquarium.jpg
| image = Pyxicephalus adspersus, Boston Aquarium.jpg
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| image_caption = ''[[Pyxicephalus adspersus]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Pyxicephalus adspersus]]''
| taxon = Pyxicephalinae
| taxon = Pyxicephalinae
| authority=Bonaparte, 1850
| authority = Bonaparte, 1850
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'''Pyxicephalinae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[frog]]s under the family [[Pyxicephalidae]]
'''Pyxicephalinae''' is a [[subfamily]] of [[frog]]s under the family [[Pyxicephalidae]].


==Classification==
==Classification==
Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of 5 species.<ref name="amnh">
Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of six species.<ref name="amnh">
{{cite web|url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&sf_id=201
{{cite web|url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&sf_id=201
|title=Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850
|title=Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850
|author=Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History|publisher=Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference}}
|author=Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History|publisher=Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference}}
</ref> One extinct genus is also known from the Eocene of Europe, with a debated number of species.
</ref>


*Subfamily Pyxicephalinae''
*Subfamily Pyxicephalinae
** Genus ''[[Aubria]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1917</small> - Contains 2 species. The Masako fishing frog and the brown ball frog.
** Genus ''[[Aubria]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1917</small> - contains two species, the Masako fishing frog and the brown ball frog
** Genus ''[[Pyxicephalus]]'' <small>Tschudi, 1838</small> - Contains 3 species. African bull frogs
** Genus ''[[Pyxicephalus]]'' <small>Tschudi, 1838</small> - contains four species of African bull frogs
** Genus †''[[Thaumastosaurus]]'' <small>de Stefano, 1903</small> - contains two to five extinct species from the Eocene of Europe


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Frogs by classification]]
[[Category:Pyxicephalidae]]
[[Category:Amphibian subfamilies]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte]]



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Latest revision as of 19:21, 26 March 2024

Pyxicephalinae
Temporal range: Late Eocene to present
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae
Bonaparte, 1850

Pyxicephalinae is a subfamily of frogs under the family Pyxicephalidae.

Classification[edit]

Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of six species.[1] One extinct genus is also known from the Eocene of Europe, with a debated number of species.

  • Subfamily Pyxicephalinae
    • Genus Aubria Boulenger, 1917 - contains two species, the Masako fishing frog and the brown ball frog
    • Genus Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838 - contains four species of African bull frogs
    • Genus †Thaumastosaurus de Stefano, 1903 - contains two to five extinct species from the Eocene of Europe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History. "Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference.