| Brachycephaloidea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Clade: | Brachycephaloidea |
Brachycephaloidea (Terrarana) is amonophyletic group of frogs that includes thefamilies:Brachycephalidae,Caligophrynidae,Craugastoridae,Eleutherodactylidae,Ceuthomantidae,Neblinaphrynidae andStrabomantidae.[1] Thesuperfamily contains 882 species that inhabit theNew Worldtropics,subtropics, andAndean regions. The group has undergone extensive changes in itstaxonomy thanks to multiple molecularphylogenetic analyses in recent years.[2] Until 2008, these species were placed in a single, large family (Brachycephalidae) new analysis from 344 species were used to estimate their relationship. A new taxon name, Terrarana, including the same families is sometimes used.[1]
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