The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily (i.e., Ceratobatrachinae) in the family Ranidae (true frogs), but have now been re-classified as a separate family. The following genera are recognised: Subfamily Alcalinae Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015 Alcalus (5 species) Subfamily Ceratobatrachinae Boulenger, 1884 Cornufer Tschudi, 1838 (> 50 species) Platymantis Günther, 1858 (> 30 species) Subfamily Liuraninae Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010 Liurana Dubois, 1987 (4 species)
Formerly, the following genera were also recognized in the family Ceratobatrachidae, but have now been merged into the genera above. Batrachylodes Boulenger, 1887 (8 species) Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927 (1 species) Ceratobatrachus Boulenger, 1884 (1 species) Discodeles Boulenger, 1918 (5 species)
Distribution Ceratobatrachidae is distributed across Island Southeast Asia, as well as in the Eastern Himalayas. Genus Liurana Eastern Himalayas: 4 species Genus Alcalus Borneo: 2 species (Alcalus baluensis and Alcalus rajae) Palawan: 1 species (Alcalus mariae) Genus Platymantis Philippines: Genus Cornufer Palau: 1 species Maluku: 3–4 species New Guinea: 6–8 species Bismarck Archipelago: 18–22 species Solomon Islands: 20–25 species Fiji: 2 species
Life history All Ceratobatrachidae lay eggs outside of water and undergo direct development where eggs hatch directly into froglets, without free-living tadpole stages.
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