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Hemisotidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Hemisotidae
Genus: Hemisus

Name

Hemisotidae Cope, 1867

Type species: GHylella fleischmanni Boettger, 1893

Synonyms

* Hemisidae Cope, 1867
* Hemisina — Mivart, 1869
* Hemisotina — Günther, 1870
* Hemisiinae — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
* Hemisinae — Noble, 1931
* Hemisotidae — Frost & Savage, 1987
* Hemisotoidae — Dubois, 1992

References

* Cope, 1867, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 198.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Hemisotidae access date 30 May 2008

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Shovelnose Frogs

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