Pyxicephalinae

Pyxicephalinae is a subfamily of frogs under the family Pyxicephalidae.

Pyxicephalinae
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae
Bonaparte, 1850

Classification

Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of six species.[1]

  • Subfamily Pyxicephalinae
    • Genus Aubria Boulenger, 1917 - contains two species, the Masako fishing frog and the brown ball frog
    • Genus Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838 - contains four species of African bull frogs

References
  1. Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History. "Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference.


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