Pipidae

Hymenochirus boettgeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mesobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Mesobatrachia

Familia: Pipidae
Subfamiliae (3): Pipinae - Siluraninae - Xenopodinae

Overview of genera (5)

Hymenochirus – Pipa – Pseudhymenochirus – Silurana – Xenopus

Name

Pipidae Gray, 1825

Type genus: "Pipra Laurent" (= Pipa Laurenti, 1768).

Synonyms

• Piprina Gray, 1825
• Pipoidea — Fitzinger, 1826
• Pipina — Gray, 1829
• Piparia — Hemprich, 1829
• Pipae — Tschudi, 1838
• Dactylethridae Hogg, 1838
• Astrodactylidae Hogg, 1839
• Pipidae — Swainson, 1839
• Pipina — Bonaparte, 1840
• Pipaeformes — Duméril and Bibron, 1841
• Pipadae — Hallowell, 1858
• Pipoides — Bruch, 1862
• Pipida — Knauer, 1883
• Pipidae — Bolkay, 1919
• Pipinae — Metcalf, 1923
• Dactylethrinae — Metcalf, 1923
• Xenopodinae — Metcalf, 1923
• Xenopinae — Noble, 1931
• Siluraninae Cannatella and Trueb, 1988
• Pipinomorpha Báez and Pugener, 2003
• Xenopodinomorpha Báez and Pugener, 2003
• Pipoidia — Dubois, 2005
• Pipoidea — Dubois, 2005

References

• Cannatella, D.C.; Trueb, L. 1988: Evolution of pipoid frogs: intergeneric relationships of the aquatic frog family Pipidae (Anura). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 94(1): 1–38. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb00880.x
• Gray, 1825, Ann. Philos., Ser. 2, 10: 214.
• Bolkay, 1919, Glasn. Zemaljskog Muz. Bosni Hercegov., 31: 348
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Pipidae access date 24 June 2008

Vernacular names

English: clawed frogs, tongueless frogs
slovenčina: Pipovité
ไทย: วงศ์กบไม่มีลิ้น, วงศ์กบเล็บ
Türkçe: Tırnaklı kurbağalar

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