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Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926
Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: corrigenda insert following p 450. Replacement name for Microbatrachus Hewitt, 1926.
Microbatrachus Hewitt, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 420. Type species: Phrynobatrachus capensis Boulenger, 1910, by original designation. Preoccupied by Microbatrachus Roux, 1910.
Common Names
Micro Frogs (Van Dijk, 1978, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 17: 16; Passmore and Carruthers, 1979, S. Afr. Frogs: 176; Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 297; Du Preez and Carruthers, 2009, Compl. Guide Frogs S. Afr.: 386)
Cape Flats Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 102).
Distribution
As for the single species.
Comment
Prior to be associated with the South African Pyxicephalidae radiation, considered to be a derivative of Phrynobatrachus by Poynton, 1964, Ann. Natal Mus., 17: 145. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543–583, suggested that recognition of Microbatrachella within including Cacosternum platys renders Cacosternum paraphyletic.
Contained taxa (1 sp.):
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