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Pyxicephalinae

Pyxicephalinae is a subfamily of frogs under the family Pyxicephalidae.

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Pyxicephalinae
Temporal range:
Pyxicephalus adspersus
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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

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

References

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