Pipidae

Pipidae
Temporal range: 145–0 Ma Lower Cretaceous to Recent
African Dwarf Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Subclass:
Lissamphibia
Superorder:
Batrachia
Order:
Anura
Suborder:
Mesobatrachia
Family:
Pipidae
Distribution of Pipidae (in black).

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.

Genera

Family Pipidae

References

  • 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.

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