Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Pyxicephalinae
Genera: Aubria - Pyxicephalus
Name
Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus: Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms
Pyxicephalina Bonaparte, 1850
Phrynopsinae Noble, 1931
Pyxicephalini — Dubois, 1987
Pyxicephalinae — Dubois, 1992
Pyxicephalinae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
References
Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p.
Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 317
Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 240
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Pyxicephalinae access date 27 June 2008
Note:
Formerly part of the familia Ranidae.
Vernacular names
English: African Bullfrogs
Pyxicephalinae is a subfamily of frogs under the family Pyxicephalidae.
Classification
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
Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History. "Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference.
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