A bush frog belongs to either of two
neobatrachia
The Neobatrachia (Neo-Latin ''neo-'' ("new") + ''batrachia'' ("frogs")) are a suborder of the Frog, Anura, the order (biology), order of frogs and toads.
This suborder is the most advanced and apomorphic of the three anuran suborders alive toda ...
n lineages, both found in sub-Saharan Africa and one also in Asia:
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Hyperoliidae
The Hyperoliidae, or sedge frogs and bush frogs, are a large family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored frogs which contain more than 250 species in 19 genera. Seventeen genera are native to sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the monotypic g ...
, a family of sub-Saharan Africa and the Madagascar region, also known as sedge frogs
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Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as ...
, a family of the Old World Tropics
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