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Megophryidae
Taxonomy
Megophryinae was named by Nobel (1931). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Megophryidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici and Haynes (2006), Henrici (2009) and Chen et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Pelobatidae by McGrew et al. (1959) and Sanchiz (1998); and to Pelobatoidea by Henrici and Haynes (2006), Henrici (2009) and Chen et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the family Megophryidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), Henrici and Haynes (2006), Henrici (2009) and Chen et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Pelobatidae by McGrew et al. (1959) and Sanchiz (1998); and to Pelobatoidea by Henrici and Haynes (2006), Henrici (2009) and Chen et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Megophryinae Nobel fig. 492 |
| 1959 | Megophryinae McGrew et al. p. 131 |
| 1996 | Megophryidae Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Megophryinae Sanchiz |
| 2006 | Megophryidae Henrici and Haynes p. 24 |
| 2009 | Megophryidae Henrici p. 280 |
| 2016 | Megophryidae Chen et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available