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Alytidae (midwife toads)
Taxonomy
Alytidae was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Alytinae by Sanchiz (1998).
It was assigned to Discoglossidae by Sanchiz (1998); to Anura by Hugues-Alexandre et al. (2013), Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014) and Georgalis et al. (2016); and to Anura by de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the subfamily Alytinae by Sanchiz (1998).
It was assigned to Discoglossidae by Sanchiz (1998); to Anura by Hugues-Alexandre et al. (2013), Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014) and Georgalis et al. (2016); and to Anura by de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Alytidae Fitzinger |
| 1998 | Alytinae Sanchiz |
| 2013 | Alytidae Hugues-Alexandre et al. p. 805 |
| 2014 | Alytidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 569 |
| 2016 | Alytidae Georgalis et al. |
| 2020 | Alytidae de Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 410 |
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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.
Fm. Alytidae Fitzinger 1843 [midwife toads]
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Invalid names: Discoglossinae Günther 1859 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available