Ptychadenidae

Ptychadenidae
	Ptychadena mascareniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Clade:	Ranoidea
Family:	Ptychadenidae; Dubois, 1987
Genera
	Hildebrandtia; Lanzarana; Ptychadena;

Ptychadenidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the grassland frogs.[1][2] These frogs occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ptychadenidae was previously considered to be a tribe or subfamily in the family Ranidae, but its position as a separate family is now well established.[1][2][3]

Subfamilies and genera

There are three genera with a total 60 species:[1]

Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907 — 3 species
Lanzarana Clarke, 1982 — 1 species
Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 — 56 species

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
"Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
"Ptychadenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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[frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[ITIS-2] "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[AW-3] "Ptychadenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.