Pyxicephalinae is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
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 under 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 ...
.
Classification
Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of six species.
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*Subfamily Pyxicephalinae''
** Genus ''
Aubria
''Aubria'' is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs.
Etymology
The genus name ''Aubria'' is in honour of Charles Eug ...
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Boulenger, 1917 - contains two species, the Masako fishing frog and the brown ball frog
** Genus ''
Pyxicephalus
''Pyxicephalus'' (πυξίς, ''Pyxis (pottery), pyxis'' = "(round) box," κεφαλή, ''kephalē'' = "head") is a genus of true frogs from Sub-Saharan Africa, commonly referred to as African bull frogs or bull frogs. They are very large (''P. a ...
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Tschudi, 1838 - contains four species of African bull frogs
References
Pyxicephalidae
Tetrapod subfamilies
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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