The Pyxicephalidae are a family of frogs currently found in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

. However, in the Eocene, the taxon '' Thaumastosaurus'' lived in Europe.

Classification

The Pyxicephalidae contain two subfamilies, with a total of 12 genera. This family was formerly considered part of the family Ranidae. Family Pyxicephalidae * Subfamily Cacosterninae'' ** Genus ''

Amietia ''Amietia'' is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named ''Afrana'' and was placed in the family Ranidae. ...

'' (16 species) ** Genus ''

Anhydrophryne ''Anhydrophryne'' is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only '' Anhydrophryne rattrayi'', until it absorbed two more specie ...

'' (3 species) ** Genus ''

Arthroleptella ''Arthroleptella'' is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa. It contains the following species: * '' Arthroleptella atermina'' Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riv ...

'' (10 species) – moss frogs ** Genus '' Cacosternum'' (16 species) ** Genus ''

Microbatrachella The micro frog (''Microbatrachella capensis''), or Cape Flats frog, is a species of frog less than long in the family Pyxicephalidae, in the monotypic genus ''Microbatrachella''. Its color varies from rufous brown with dark mottling, to tan or g ...

'' (monotypic) – micro frog ** Genus '' Natalobatrachus'' (monotypic) ** Genus ''

Nothophryne ''Nothophryne'' is a genus of frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Anci ...

'' (5 species) – mongrel frogs ** Genus ''

Poyntonia ''Poyntonia'', is a monotypic frog genus in the family Pyxicephalidae. It was named after J.C. Poynton, a notable herpetologist who worked in southern Africa. ''Poyntonia paludicola,'' commonly known as the Montane Marsh frog, is the sole member ...

'' (monotypic) ** Genus ''

Strongylopus ''Strongylopus'' ('strongylos'=round, 'pus'=foot) is a genus of pyxicephalid frogs native to Africa. They are found in the area from southwestern South Africa and Namibia to northern Tanzania. Their common name is stream frogs. Description '' ...

'' (10 species) ** Genus '' Tomopterna'' (16 species) *Subfamily

Pyxicephalinae Pyxicephalinae is a subfamily of frogs under the family Pyxicephalidae. Classification Pyxicephalinae contains two genera, with a total of six species. *Subfamily Pyxicephalinae'' ** Genus ''Aubria'' Boulenger, 1917 - contains two species, th ...

'' ** Genus ''

Aubria ''Aubria'' is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs. Etymology The genus name ''Aubria'' is in honour of Charles Eug ...

'' (2 species) – Masako fishing frog, brown ball frog ** Genus ''

Pyxicephalus ''Pyxicephalus'' (πυξίς, ''Pyxis (pottery), pyxis'' = "(round) box," κεφαλή, ''kephalē'' = "head") is a genus of true frogs from Sub-Saharan Africa, commonly referred to as African bull frogs or bull frogs. They are very large (''P. a ...

'' (4 species) – African bull frogs, pixie frog ** Genus '' Thaumastosaurus'' (3 species) –

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, France, Eocene (extinct)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1935229 Amphibian families Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Afrotropical realm fauna