Petropedetinae

Taxobox
name = Petropedetinae


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Amphibia
subclassis = Lissamphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Neobatrachia
superfamilia = Ranoidea
familia = Ranidae (disputed)
subfamilia = Petropedetinae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = 13, see text
synonyms =Cacosternidae
Cacosterninae
Petropedetidae
(but see text)

Petropedetinae are a subfamily of frogs. They are placed in the true frog family (Ranidae) by many authors. But this is quite disputed and at least part of this group is often treated as a distinct family Petropedetidae, in which caste the Cacosterninae are usually separated as a subfamily or even another good family Cacosternidae [Frost (2006)] . These frogs are essentially limited to sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest diversity - and as it seems their evolutionary origin - in the very south of the continent.

This group of frogs is made up from the following genera, about half of which is monotypic:
* "Anhydrophryne" – Hogsback Frog
* "Arthroleptella" – moss frogs
* "Arthroleptides" – African torrent frogs
* "Cacosternum" – cacos
* "Dimorphognathus"
* "Ericabatrachus"
* "Microbatrachella" – Micro Frog
* "Natalobatrachus"
* "Nothophryne"
* "Petropedetes"
* "Phrynobatrachus" – dwarf puddle frogs or African puddle frogs
* "Phrynodon"
* "Poyntonia"

Footnotes

References

* (2006): Amphibian Species of the World Version 3 - [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=15026 Petropedetidae Noble, 1931] . American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2006-AUG-05.