Pipidae
family of amphibians
The Pipidae is a family of frogs. They do not have tongues. There are over 30 species of Pipidae frogs. They are found in tropical places in South America and Africa.
Pipidae Temporal range: Cretaceous to Recent
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Family: | Pipidae
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Distribution of Pipidae (in black). |
Genera
changeFamily Pipidae
- Hymenochirus - Dwarf clawed frogs
- Pseudhymenochirus - Merlin's clawed frog
- Xenopus - Common clawed frogs
- Silurana - Tropical clawed frogs
- Pipa - Surinam toads
References
change- Gissi, Carmela; San Mauro, Diego; Pesole, Graziano; Zardoya, Rafael (February 2006). "Mitochondrial phylogeny of Anura (Amphibia): A case study of congruent phylogenetic reconstruction using amino acid and nucleotide characters". Gene. 366 (2): 228–237. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.034. PMID 16307849.
- Roelants, Kim; Bossuyt, Franky (February 2005). "Archaeobatrachian paraphyly and pangaean diversification of crown-group frogs". Systematic Biology. 54 (1): 111–126. doi:10.1080/10635150590905894. PMID 15805014. S2CID 10677785.
- San Mauro, Diego; Vences, Miguel; Alcobendas, Marina; Zardoya, Rafael; Meyer, Axel (May 2005). "Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea". American Naturalist. 165 (5): 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. PMID 15795855. S2CID 17021360.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Pipidae at Wikimedia Commons