Arthroleptidae

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: Arthroleptidae
Subfamiliae: Arthroleptinae - Leptopelinae

Name

Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869

Synonyms

* Arthroleptinae

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Arthroleptidae
Français: Arthroleptidae
日本語: サエズリガエル科
Nederlands: Struikpiepers
Português: Arthroleptidae

The Arthroleptidae /ˌɑːrθroʊˈlɛptɪdiː/ are a family of frogs found in sub-Saharan Africa. This group includes African treefrogs in the genus Leptopelis along with the terrestrial breeding squeakers Arthroleptis, and several genera restricted to the Guinean forests of central and west Africa, such as the hairy frog (Trichobatrachus).
Taxonomy

This family is the phylogenetic sister group of reed frogs, the Hyperoliidae, which together form the lineage Laurentobatrachia,[1] a name that commemorates work on African frogs by the Argentine herpetologist Raymond Laurent. This group is further nested within the Afrobatrachia, an ancient African endemic lineage that includes the Brevicipitidae and Hemisotidae.[1] The Arthroleptidae are separated, based on phylogenetic analyses, into three deeply divergent and dissimilar subfamilies: Arthroleptinae, Astylosterninae, and Leptopelinae.[2][3] Some consider these to be separate families,[4] while others do not recognize any subfamilies, in particular due to uncertainty in the phylogenetic placement of Leptopelis and Scotobleps.[5][6]

The three subfamilies consist of these genera:[3]
Subfamilia Species Common name Scientific name

Subfamilia	Species	Common name	Scientific name
Arthroleptinae Mivart, 1869	48	Screeching frogs	Arthroleptis Smith, 1849
	19	Long-fingered frogs	Cardioglossa Boulenger, 1900
Astylosterninae Noble, 1927	12	Night frogs	Astylosternus Werner, 1898
	15	Egg frogs	Leptodactylodon Andersson, 1903
	1	Southern night frog	Nyctibates Boulenger, 1904
	1	Gaboon forest frog	Scotobleps Boulenger, 1900
	1	Hairy frog	Trichobatrachus Boulenger, 1900
Leptopelinae Laurent, 1972	54	Forest treefrogs	Leptopelis Günther, 1859

References

Frost, Darrel R; Grant, Tarrant; Faivovich, Julian; Bain, Raoul H; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, Celio FB; De Sa, Rafael; Channing, Alan; Wilkinson, Mark; Donnellan, Stephen C; Raxworthy, Christopher J; Campbell, Jonathan A; Blotto, Boris L; Moler, Paul; Drewes, Robert C; Nussbaum, Ronald A; Lynch, John D; Green, David M; Wheeler, Ward C (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. (297): 370pp.
Pyron, RA; Wiens, JJ (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: 543–583. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012. PMID 21723399.
Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
Bossuyt, F; Roelants, K (2009). Hedges, SB; Kumar, S (eds.). Anura. New York, USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 357–364.
Blackburn, David C. "Family Arthroleptidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 39–55.

^ *" 'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws." NewScientist.com, 2008
Further information
ADW: Arthroleptidae: Information
Cogger, H.G.; R.G. Zweifel; D. Kirschner (2004). Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians Second Edition. Fog City Press. ISBN 1-877019-69-0.