Amietia

Amietia
	Amietia angolensis (Angola river frog)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily:	Cacosterninae
Genus:	Amietia; Dubois, 1987
Synonyms
	Afrana Dubois, 1992;

Amietia is a genus of frogs, commonly known as large-mouthed frogs or river frogs, in the family Pyxicephalidae. They are endemic to central and southern Africa. Formerly, the genus was named Afrana and was placed in the family Ranidae.^[1]

Etymology

The generic name, Amietia, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean-Louis Amiet.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amietia:^[1]

Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog
Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924)
Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972)
Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog
Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)
Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog
Amietia johnstoni (Günther, 1894), Johnston's river frog
Amietia moyerorum (Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016)
Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896)
Amietia poyntoni (Channing and Baptista, 2013)
Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)
Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007)
Amietia vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997)
Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927), Ice frog
Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)

References

^ ^a ^b Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Amietia Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

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[frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Amietia Dubois, 1987". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

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