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Dicroglossidae
Family of fork-tongued frogs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The frog family Dicroglossidae[1][2] occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs.[1]
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The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to be a subfamily in the family Ranidae, but their position as a family is now well established.[1][2][3]
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Subfamilies and genera
The two subfamilies contain 231 species in 13–15 genera, depending on the source.[3][1]
Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 — 211 species in 13 genera:[4]
- Allopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006 (one species)
- Chrysopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006 (one species)
- Euphlyctis Fitzinger, 1843 (eight species)
- Fejervarya Bolkay, 1915 (14 species)
- Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 (six species)
- Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (91 species)
- Minervarya Dubois, Ohler, and Biju, 2001 (31 species)
- Nannophrys Günther, 1869 (four species)
- Nanorana Günther, 1896 (32 species)
- Ombrana Dubois, 1992 (one species)
- Phrynoderma Fitzinger, 1843 (5 species)
- Quasipaa Dubois, 1992 (13 species)
- Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (nine species)
Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 — 20 species in two genera:[5]
- Ingerana Dubois, 1987 (two species)
- Occidozyga Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 (18 species)
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Phylogeny
The following phylogeny of Dicroglossidae is from Pyron & Wiens (2011)[6] with the split of Euphlyctis sensu lato based on Yadav et al. (2024).[7] Dicroglossidae is a sister group of Ranixalidae.[6]
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References
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