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Kassininae Laurent, 1972
Kassinini Laurent, 1972, Copeia, 1972: 201. Type genus: Kassina Girard, 1853. Synonymy by Vences, Kosuch, Glaw, Böhme, and Veith, 2003, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 41: 212.
Kassininae — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 261; Portik, Bell, Blackburn, Bauer, Barratt, Branch, Burger, Channing, Colston, Conradie, Dehling, Drewes, Ernst, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Harvey, Hillers, Hirschfeld, Jongsma, Kielgast, Kouete, Lawson, Leaché, Loader, Lötters, van der Meijden, Menegon, Müller, Nagy, Ofori-Boateng, Ohler, Papenfuss, Rößler, Sinsch, Rödel, Veith, Vindum, Zassi-Boulou, and McGuire, 2019, Syst. Biol., 68: 866.
Kassinini — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 34.
Acanthixalini Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 224. Type genus: Acanthixalus Laurent, 1944. Tribe.
English Names
Pan Frogs (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 151).
Running Frogs (Lambiris, 1990 "1989", Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10: 151).
Distribution
Subsaharan Africa.
Comment
Portik, Bell, Blackburn, Bauer, Barratt, Branch, Burger, Channing, Colston, Conradie, Dehling, Drewes, Ernst, Greenbaum, Gvoždík, Harvey, Hillers, Hirschfeld, Jongsma, Kielgast, Kouete, Lawson, Leaché, Loader, Lötters, van der Meijden, Menegon, Müller, Nagy, Ofori-Boateng, Ohler, Papenfuss, Rößler, Sinsch, Rödel, Veith, Vindum, Zassi-Boulou, and McGuire, 2019, Syst. Biol., 68: 866, as part of a major study on the evolution within Afrobatrachia, recognized the subfamily and discussed evolution within the group. See comment under Hyperoliidae for access to relevant literature.
Contained taxa (23 sp.):
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