Dicroglossidae Explained

The frog family Dicroglossidae^[1] 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.^[1]

The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to be a subfamily in the family Ranidae, but their position as a family is now well established.^{[1] [2]}

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Subfamilies and genera

The two subfamilies contain 213 species in 13–15 genera, depending on the source.^{[2] [1]}

Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 — 197 species in 12 genera:^[3]

Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 — 16 species in two genera:^[4]

• Ingerana Dubois, 1987 (four species)
• Occidozyga Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 (12 species)

Phylogeny

The following phylogeny of Dicroglossidae is from Pyron & Wiens (2011).^[5] Dicroglossidae is a sister group of Ranixalidae.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 26 January 2014.
2. Web site: Dicroglossidae . 2014 . AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] . Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb . 26 January 2014.
3. Web site: Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 26 January 2014.
4. Web site: Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 26 January 2014.
5. R. Alexander Pyron . John J. Wiens . 2011 . A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 61 . 2 . 543–583 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012. 21723399 . free .