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: Ptychadenidae
Genera: Hildebrandtia - Lanzarana - Ptychadena
Ptychadena mascareniensis,
Name
Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987
Type genus: Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917
Synonyms
* Ptychadenini Dubois, 1987
* Ptychadeninae — Dubois, 1992
* Ptychadenidae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
References
* Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 55.
* Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 235
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Ptychadenidae access date 26 June 2008
Note
Originally a tribe (Ptychadenini) within the familia Ranidae.
Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Ridged Frogs
