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Ceratobatrachidae

The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily (i.e., Ceratobatrachinae) in the family Ranidae (true frogs), but have now been re-classified as a separate family. The following genera are recognised:

  • Subfamily Alcalinae <small>Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015</small>
  • Alcalus (5 species)
  • Subfamily Ceratobatrachinae <small>Boulenger, 1884</small>
  • Cornufer <small>Tschudi, 1838</small> (> 50 species)
  • Platymantis <small>Günther, 1858</small> (> 30 species)
  • Subfamily Liuraninae <small>Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010</small>
  • Liurana <small>Dubois, 1987</small> (4 species)

Formerly, the following genera were also recognized in the family Ceratobatrachidae, but have now been merged into the genera above.

Distribution

Ceratobatrachidae is distributed across Island Southeast Asia, as well as in the Eastern Himalayas.

Genus Liurana
Genus Alcalus
Genus Platymantis
  • Philippines:
Genus Cornufer

Life history

All Ceratobatrachidae lay eggs outside of water and undergo direct development where eggs hatch directly into froglets, without free-living tadpole stages.

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