The
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...
family
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Dicroglossidae
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.
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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.]
Subfamilies and genera
The two subfamilies contain 231 species in 13–15 genera, depending on the source.[
Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 — 211 species in 13 genera:
Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 — 20 species in two genera:
* '' Ingerana'' Dubois, 1987 (two species)
* '' Occidozyga'' Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 (18 species)
]
Phylogeny
The following phylogeny of Dicroglossidae is from Pyron & Wiens (2011)sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and ...
of Ranixalidae.
References
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