''Anhydrophryne'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s in the family

Pyxicephalidae The Pyxicephalidae are a family of frogs currently found in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the Eocene, the taxon '' Thaumastosaurus'' lived in Europe. Classification The Pyxicephalidae contain two subfamilies, with a total of 12 genera. This f ...

, formerly in

Petropedetidae The Petropedetidae are a family of frogs containing three genera and 12 species. They are found in sub-Saharan tropical Africa and are sometimes known under common name African torrent frogs. They are inhabitants of the splash-water zone of cle ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

, containing only '' Anhydrophryne rattrayi'', until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus ''

Arthroleptella ''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species: * '' Arthroleptella atermina'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riv ...

''.

Species

The genus contains these species: * '' Anhydrophryne hewitti'' (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog * '' Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis'' (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog * '' Anhydrophryne rattrayi'' Hewitt, 1919 –

Hogsback frog The Hogsback frog (''Anhydrophryne rattrayi''), or Rattray's forest frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is one of three species within the genus '' Anhydrophryne''. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Afri ...

References

Endemic amphibians of South Africa Pyxicephalidae Amphibian genera Taxa named by John Hewitt (herpetologist) {{Ranoidea-stub