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|authority=Bonaparte, 1850
|authority=Bonaparte, 1850
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = [[Cacosterninae]]<br>[[Pyxicephalinae]]
| subdivision =
*[[Cacosterninae]] (11 genera)
*[[Pyxicephalinae]] (2 genera)
}}
}}


'''Pyxicephalidae''' is a family of [[frog]]s.
'''Pyxicephalidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[frog]]s found in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].


==Classification==
==Classification==
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Family '''PYXICEPHALIDAE'''
Family '''PYXICEPHALIDAE'''
* Subfamily [[Cacosterninae]]''
* Subfamily [[Cacosterninae]]''
** Genus ''[[Amietia]]''
** Genus ''[[Amietia]]'' (15 species)
** Genus ''[[Anhydrophryne]]''
** Genus ''[[Anhydrophryne]]'' (3 species)
** Genus ''[[Arthroleptella]]'' - moss frogs
** Genus ''[[Arthroleptella]]'' (3 species) – Moss frogs
** Genus ''[[Cacosternum]]''
** Genus ''[[Cacosternum]]'' (12 species)
** Genus ''[[Ericabatrachus]]''
** Genus ''[[Ericabatrachus]]'' (1 species)
** Genus ''[[Microbatrachella]]'' - micro frog
** Genus ''[[Microbatrachella]]'' (1 species) – [[Micro frog]]
** Genus ''[[Natalobatrachus]]''
** Genus ''[[Natalobatrachus]]'' (1 species)
** Genus ''[[Nothophryne]]''
** Genus ''[[Nothophryne]]'' (1 species)
** Genus ''[[Poyntonia]]''
** Genus ''[[Poyntonia]]'' (1 species)
** Genus ''[[Strongylopus]]''
** Genus ''[[Strongylopus]]'' (10 species)
** Genus ''[[Tomopterna]]''
** Genus ''[[Tomopterna]]'' (11 species)
*Subfamily [[Pyxicephalinae]]''
*Subfamily [[Pyxicephalinae]]''
** Genus ''[[Aubria]]'' - Masako fishing frog, brown ball frog
** Genus ''[[Aubria]]'' (2 species) – Masako fishing frog, brown ball frog
** Genus ''[[Pyxicephalus]]'' - African bull frogs, pixie frog
** Genus ''[[Pyxicephalus]]'' (3 species) – African bull frogs, pixie frog


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 22:56, 21 January 2012

Pyxicephalidae
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Bonaparte, 1850
Subfamilies

Pyxicephalidae is a family of frogs found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Classification

Pyxicephalidae contains two subfamilies, with a total of 13 genera[1]. This family was formerly considered part of the family Ranidae.

Family PYXICEPHALIDAE

References

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 August 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1]. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
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