Dicroglossidae |  |
216 species in 14 genera
Commonly Called Forked-Tongue Frogs, Cricket Frogs
Fejervarya limnocharis
Photo by Martin Pickersgill
(Click for family gallery)This large family has a diversity of forms and natural history modes; likewise it has had a sometimes confusing but active taxonomic history. Its genera are split into two subfamilies, Dicroglossinae (with most of the species) and Occidozyginae. Previously, these species were included in Ranidae and a majority of species were assigned to the genus Fejervarya. In 2018, Fejervarya was proposed to be limited to the Southeast Asia species with the resurrected genus Minervarya restricted to South Asia (Sanchez et al. 2018). Most authors agree that more species are yet to be described in this family.
They range from sub-Saharan Africa south to South Africa east through western Asia, South Asia (India), China, southeast Asia, including Malay peninsula, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan.
Written by AmphibiaWebNotable Family Characteristics
- Terrestrial and aquatic species, found in a diversity of habitats
- Both egg-laying and direct developing species
- Diverse reproductive modes including uncommon inguinal amplexus in Occidozyga sumatrana
- Includes crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora with unique specializations for living in brackish mangroves
- Includes burrowing species like Sphaerotheca breviceps, which appear above ground after heavy rains
- Distributed through sub-Saharan Africa, western Asia, South Asia (India), Southeast Asia, Philippines, New Guinea and Japan
Cartography Credit: Zoe Yoo, UC Berkeley
Range maps sources: AmphibiaWeb, UC Berkeley, and IUCN RedListRelevant Reference
Kurabayashi, A., M. Kuramoto, S. H. Joshy, and M. Sumida. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the ranid frogs from Southwest India based on the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Zoological Science. Tokyo 22: 525–534.
Roelants, K., J.-p. Jiang, and F. Bossuyt. 2004. Endemic ranid (Amphibia: Anura) genera in southern mountain ranges of the Indian subcontinent represent ancient frog lineages: evidence from the molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 730–740.
Sanchez, E., S. D. Biju, M. M. Islam, M. K. Hasan, A. Ohler, M. Vences, and A. Kurabayashi. 2018. Phylogeny and classification of fejervaryan frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Salamandra 54: 109–116.
Ohler, A., and A. Dubois. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and generic taxonomy of the tribe Paini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae) with diagnoses of two new genera. Zoosystema. Paris 28: 769–784.
Subfamily Dicroglossinae (202 species)
Genus Allopaa (2 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Allopaa barmoachensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Allopaa hazarensis AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Chrysopaa (1 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Chrysopaa sternosignata AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Euphlyctis (8 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Euphlyctis aloysii no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Euphlyctis ehrenbergii no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Euphlyctis ghoshi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Euphlyctis hexadactylus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Euphlyctis kalasgramensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Euphlyctis karaavali no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Euphlyctis mudigere no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Fejervarya (17 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Fejervarya altilabris no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya assimilis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya brama no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya cancrivora AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Fejervarya frithi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya iskandari no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya kawamurai no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya kupitzi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya limnocharis AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Fejervarya moodiei no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Fejervarya multistriata no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya orissaensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya pulla no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya sakishimensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya triora no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya verruculosa no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Fejervarya vittigera no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Hoplobatrachus (5 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Hoplobatrachus crassus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Hoplobatrachus litoralis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Hoplobatrachus occipitalis AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Hoplobatrachus rugulosus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Hoplobatrachus tigerinus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Limnonectes (75 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Limnonectes acanthi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes arathooni no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes asperatus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes bannaensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes blythii AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes cintalubang AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes coffeatus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes conspicillatus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes dabanus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes dammermani no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes deinodon no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes diuatus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes doriae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes fastigatus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes ferneri AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes finchi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes fragilis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes fujianensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes grunniens no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes gyldenstolpei no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes hascheanus no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Limnonectes heinrichi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes hikidai no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes ibanorum no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes ingeri no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes isanensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes jarujini no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes kadarsani AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes kenepaiensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes khammonensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes khasianus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes kiziriani no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes kohchangae no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes kong no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes kuhlii no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes larvaepartus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes lauhachindai no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes leporinus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes leytensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes limborgi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes liui no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Limnonectes longchuanensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes macrocephalus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes macrodon no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes macrognathus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes magnus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes malesianus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes mawlyndipi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes megastomias AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes micrixalus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes microdiscus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes microtympanum no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes modestus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes namiyei AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes nguyenorum no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes nitidus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes palavanensis AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes paramacrodon no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes parvus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes phuyenensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes plicatellus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes poilani no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes quangninhensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes rhacodus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes savan no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes selatan no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes shompenorum no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes sinuatodorsalis AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes sisikdagu no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes taylori no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes timorensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes tweediei no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes utara no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Limnonectes visayanus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Limnonectes woodworthi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Minervarya (37 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Minervarya agricola no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya andamanensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya asmati no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya brevipalmata no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya cepfi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya chiangmaiensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya chilapata AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya dhaka no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya goemchi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya gomantaki no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya greenii AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya jhilmilensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya kadar no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya kalinga no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya keralensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya kirtisinghei AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya krishnan no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya kudremukhensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya manoharani no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya marathi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya modesta no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya muangkanensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya mudduraja no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya murthii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya mysorensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya neilcoxi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya nepalensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya nicobariensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya nilagirica no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya parambikulamana no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya pierrei no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya rufescens no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya sahyadris no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya sauriceps no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya sengupti no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Minervarya syhadrensis AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Minervarya teraiensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Nannophrys (4 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Nannophrys ceylonensis AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Nannophrys guentheri AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nannophrys marmorata no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nannophrys naeyakai AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Nanorana (30 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Nanorana aenea no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana annandalii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana arnoldi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana arunachalensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana blanfordii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana chayuensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana conaensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana ercepeae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana feae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana gammii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana kangxianensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana liebigii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana maculosa no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana medogensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana minica no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana mokokchungensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana parkeri AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana phrynoides no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana pleskei no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana polunini no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana quadranus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana rarica no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana rostandi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana sichuanensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana taihangnica no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana unculuanus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Nanorana ventripunctata no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana vicina AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana yunnanensis AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Nanorana zhaoermii no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Ombrana (1 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Ombrana sikimensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Quasipaa (11 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Quasipaa acanthophora no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa boulengeri no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Quasipaa courtoisi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa delacouri no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa exilispinosa no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Quasipaa fasciculispina no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa jiulongensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa shini no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Quasipaa spinosa no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Quasipaa verrucospinosa no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Quasipaa yei no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Sphaerotheca (11 species) [subfamily Dicroglossinae]
Sphaerotheca bengaluru no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca breviceps AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca dobsonii no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca magadha no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca maskeyi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca pashchima no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca pluvialis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca rolandae AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca strachani no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Sphaerotheca swani no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Subfamily Occidozyginae (14 species)Genus Ingerana (3 species) [subfamily Occidozyginae]
Ingerana borealis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Ingerana charlesdarwini AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Ingerana tenasserimensis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Occidozyga (11 species) [subfamily Occidozyginae]
Occidozyga baluensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Occidozyga celebensis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Occidozyga diminutiva no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Occidozyga floresiana no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Occidozyga laevis AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Occidozyga lima no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Occidozyga magnapustulosa no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Occidozyga martensii no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Occidozyga semipalmata no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Occidozyga sumatrana no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Occidozyga tompotika no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
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