Pyxicephalidae

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamiliae: Cacosterninae - Pyxicephalinae

[edit] Name

Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850

Type genus: Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838

[edit] Synonyms

• Pyxicephalina Bonaparte, 1850
• Phrynopsinae Noble, 1931
• Cacosterninae Noble, 1931
• Tomopternini Dubois, 1987
• Pyxicephalini — Dubois, 1987
• Pyxicephalinae — Dubois, 1992
• Tomopterninae — Dubois, 1992
• Strongylopinae Scott, 2005
• Pyxicephalinae — Frost et al, 2006

[edit] References

• Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 240
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Pyxicephalidae access date 27 June 2008

[edit] Note

Formerly part of the familia Ranidae.

[edit] Vernacular names