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Pelodryadinae Günther, 1858
Pelodryadidae Günther, 1858, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 346. Type genus: Pelodryas Günther, 1858.
Chiroleptina Mivart, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869: 294. Type genus: Chiroleptes Günther, 1858.
Cycloraninae Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 12. Type genus: Cyclorana Steindachner, 1867; Reig, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 34; Laurent, 1980 "1979", Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 104: 417.
Cycloranini — Lynch, 1969, Final PhD Exam, Program: 3; Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 76.
Pelodryadidae — Savage, 1973, in Vial (ed.), Evol. Biol. Anurans: 351–445. Laurent, 1986, in Grassé and Delsol (eds.), Traite de Zool., 14: 734.
Nyctimystinae Laurent, 1975, Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, A—Zool., 88: 183. Type genus: Nyctimystes Stejneger, 1916.
Pelodryadinae — Dowling and Duellman, 1978, Syst. Herpetol.: 1.
Pelodryadidae — Bossuyt and Roelants, 2009, in Hedges and Kumar (eds.), Timetree of Life: 359; Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 36.
Pelodryadinae — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 36.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
The Australo-Papuan region.
Contained taxa (117 sp.):
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