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Petropedetidae

Petropedetes cameronensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Clade:	Ranoidea
Family:	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931
Type genus
Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874
Synonyms
Petropedetinae

The Petropedetidae are a family of frogs containing two genera and 11 species.^[1]^[2] They are found in sub-Saharan tropical Africa^[1] and are sometimes known under common name African torrent frogs.^[3]

They are inhabitants of the splash-water zone of clear-running streams predominantly in forests. Tadpoles are either semiterrestrial in the spray zone or fully aquatic in zones of the strongest currents. Some species guard their clutches.^[3] They are medium- to large-sized frogs (Arthroleptides and Petropedetes).^[3]

Taxonomy

The Petropedetidae are related to true frogs, family Ranidae, and have often been considered as a subfamily within a broadly defined Ranidae.^[4] However, they are now commonly treated as a family,^[1]^[2]^[4]^[5] although the genera included may differ between sources. In particular, Conraua is sometimes included in the Petropedetidae,^[5] instead of forming its own monogeneric family Conrauidae.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Genera

The two genera in the family are:^[1]^[2]

Arthroleptides Nieden, 1911 – African torrent frogs, three species
Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 – African water frogs, nine species

Recognition of Arthroleptides as a genus separate from Petropedetes is relatively recent.^[3]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Petropedetidae Noble, 1931". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Petropedetidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Barej, M. F.; Rödel, M. O.; Loader, S. P.; Menegon, M.; Gonwouo, N. L.; Penner, J.; Gvoždík, V. C.; Günther, R.; Bell, R. C.; Nagel, P.; Schmitz, A. (2014). "Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 261–73. Bibcode:2014MolPE..71..261B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001. PMID 24239613.
^ ^a ^b Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 39–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 507.
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptides Nieden, 1911 "1910"". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

Taxon identifiers
Petropedetidae	Wikidata: Q964342 Wikispecies: Petropedetidae ASW: Petropedetidae BOLD: 65572 CoL: 6267X EoL: 7509 GBIF: 6744 iNaturalist: 25319 IRMNG: 106294 ITIS: 661417 NCBI: 110124 Open Tree of Life: 337155

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