Ptychadenidae

Ptychadena mascareniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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: Ptychadenidae
Genera: Hildebrandtia – Lanzarana – Ptychadena

Name

Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987

Type genus: Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917

Synonyms

• Ptychadenini Dubois, 1987
• Ptychadeninae — Dubois, 1992
• Ptychadenidae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 55.
• 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: 235
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Ptychadenidae access date 26 June 2008

Note:

Originally a tribe (Ptychadenini) within the familia Ranidae.

Vernacular names

English: Ridged Frogs
日本語: アフリカアカガエル科