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: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Pyxicephalinae
Genera: Aubria - Pyxicephalus
Name
Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus: Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms
* Pyxicephalina Bonaparte, 1850
* Phrynopsinae Noble, 1931
* Pyxicephalini — Dubois, 1987
* Pyxicephalinae — Dubois, 1992
* Pyxicephalinae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
References
* Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p.
* Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 317
* 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: 240
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Pyxicephalinae access date 27 June 2008
Note
Formerly part of the familia Ranidae.
Vernacular names
English: African Bullfrogs
