Petropedetidae

Petropedetinae are a subfamily of frogs.

Petropedetidae
Petropedetes cameronensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Clade:	Ranoidea
Family:	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931
Type genus
Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874
Synonyms
Petropedetinae

They are placed in the true frog family (Ranidae) by many authors. Some think at least part of this group are a distinct family Petropedetidae. The Cacosterninae and Phrynobatrachinae are then separated as subfamilies. They may even be distinct families Cacosternidae and Phrynobatrachidae.^[1] Most members of this subfamily are in the genus Phrynobatrachus.

These frogs mostly live in sub-Saharan Africa.

This group of frogs is made up from the following genera:

• Anhydrophryne – Hogsback Frog (1 species)
• Arthroleptella – moss frogs (8 species)
• Arthroleptides – African torrent frogs (3 species)
• Cacosternum – cacos (10 species)
• Dimorphognathus (1 species)
• Ericabatrachus (1 species)
• Microbatrachella – Micro Frog (1 species)
• Natalobatrachus (1 species)
• Nothophryne (1 species)
• Petropedetes (7 species)
• Phrynobatrachus – dwarf puddle frogs or African puddle frogs (70+ species)
• Phrynodon (1 species)
• Poyntonia (1 species)

References

1. Frost (2006)

• Frost, Darrel R. (2006): Amphibian Species of the World Version 3 - Petropedetidae Noble, 1931. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 2006-AUG-05.