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: Brevicipitidae
Genera: Balebreviceps - Breviceps - Callulina - Probreviceps - Spelaeophryne
Name
Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus: Breviceps Merrem, 1820
Synonyms
* Brevicipitina Bonaparte, 1850
* Systomata Stannius, 1856
* Engystomatidae — Günther, 1858
* Brevicipitidae — Cope, 1867
* Engystomitidae — Hoffmann, 1878
* Engystomata — Peters, 1882
* Engystomatida — Knauer, 1883
* Engystomatinae — Gadow, 1901
* Brevicipitinae — Stejneger, 1910
* Engistomatidae — Methuen & Hewitt, 1913
* Engistomatinae — Methuen & Hewitt, 1913
* Brevicipetidae — Romer, 1933
* Brevicepitidae — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
* Brevicipinae — Lynch, 1971
* Brevicepinae — Bogart & Tandy, 1981
* Brevicipitidae — Dubois, 2005
References
* Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p
* Dubois, 2005, Alytes, 23: 13
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Brevicipitidae access date 16 May 2008
Note
Formerly considered a subfamila - Microhylidae: Brevicipitinae
