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'''''Amietia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[frog]]s in the [[Pyxicephalidae]] family, [[Endemism|endemic]] to central and southern [[Africa]]. The genus was formerly named ''Afrana'', and was placed in the [[Ranidae]] family. They are commonly known as '''large-mouthed frogs''' or '''river frogs'''.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Amietia |title=''Amietia'' Dubois, 1987 |last=Frost |first=Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 October 2013}}</ref> |
'''''Amietia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[frog]]s in the [[Pyxicephalidae]] family, [[Endemism|endemic]] to central and southern [[Africa]]. The genus was formerly named ''Afrana'', and was placed in the [[Ranidae]] family. They are commonly known as '''large-mouthed frogs''' or '''river frogs'''.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Amietia |title=''Amietia'' Dubois, 1987 |last=Frost |first=Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 October 2013}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Amietia Dubois, 1987 |
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Afrana Dubois, 1992 | |
Amietia is a genus of frogs in the Pyxicephalidae family, endemic to central and southern Africa. The genus was formerly named Afrana, and was placed in the Ranidae family. They are commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs.[1]
Etymology
The generic name, Amietia, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.
Species
There are 21 species in this genus:[1]
- Amietia amieti (Laurent, 1976)
- Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog
- Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924)
- Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972)
- Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Amietia dracomontana (Channing, 1978), Drakensberg river frog, Sani Pass frog
- Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog
- Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)
- Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog
- Amietia johnstoni (Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog
- Amietia lubrica (Pickersgill, 2007)
- Amietia moyerorum (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016)
- Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896)
- Amietia poyntoni Channing and Baptista, 2013)
- Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)
- Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007)
- Amietia umbraculata (Bush, 1952)
- Amietia vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997)
- Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927), Ice Frog
- Amietia viridireticulata (Pickersgill, 2007)
- Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)
References
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Amietia Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.