The frog family Dicroglossidae[1][2] 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]

Dicroglossidae
Quasipaa exilispinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Family: Dicroglossidae
Anderson, 1871
Subfamilies

Dicroglossinae
Occidozyginae

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][3]

Subfamilies and genera

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The two subfamilies contain 231 species in 13–15 genera, depending on the source.[3][1]

Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871 — 211 species in 12 genera:[4]

Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990 — 20 species in two genera:[5]

Phylogeny

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The following phylogeny of Dicroglossidae is from Pyron & Wiens (2011).[6] Dicroglossidae is a sister group of Ranixalidae.[6]

Dicroglossidae 

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ a b "Dicroglossidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Dicroglossinae Anderson, 1871". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Occidozyginae Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012. PMID 21723399.