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Hemiphractinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Hemiphractinae was named by Peters (1862). It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Hemiphractidae by Cope (1875) and Gadow (1898).

It was assigned to Arcifera by Cope (1875); to Arcifera by Gadow (1898); and to Hylidae by Sanchiz (1998) and Hoegg et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Hemiphractinae Peters
1875Hemiphractidae Cope p. 10
1898Hemiphractidae Gadow p. 15
1998Hemiphractinae Sanchiz
2004Hemiphractinae Hoegg et al. p. 1196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyHemiphractinaePeters 1862
subfamilyHemiphractinaePeters 1862

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Hemiphractinae Peters 1862
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G. Gastrotheca Fitzinger 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available