A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Pyxicephalidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amietia angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1866) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia johnstoni (Günther, 1894) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia moyerorum Channing, Dehling, Lötters & Ernst, 2016 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia poyntoni Channing & Baptista, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop & Passmore, 1993) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella atermina Turner & Channing, 2017 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella draconella Turner & Channing, 2017 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella drewesii Channing, Hendricks & Dawood, 1994 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella kogelbergensis Turner & Channing, 2017 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood & Channing, 2000 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arthroleptella lightfooti (Boulenger, 1910) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aubria subsigillata (Duméril, 1856) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum aggestum Channing, Schmitz, Burger & Kielgast, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum capense Hewitt, 1925 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum cederbergense Angus, Telford, Ping & Conradie, 2024 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers & Scott, 2002 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum leleupi Laurent, 1950 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum nanogularum Channing, Schmitz, Burger & Kielgast, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum platys Rose, 1950 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum striatum FitzSimons, 1947 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Microbatrachella capensis (Boulenger, 1910) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Natalobatrachus bonebergi Hewitt & Methuen, 1912 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nothophryne baylissi Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon & Tolley, 2018 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nothophryne inagoensis Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon & Tolley, 2018 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nothophryne ribauensis Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon & Tolley, 2018 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nothophryne unilurio Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon & Tolley, 2018 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Poyntonia paludicola Channing & Boycott, 1989 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyxicephalus angusticeps Parry, 1982 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyxicephalus beytelli Du Preez, Netherlands, Rödel & Channing, 2024 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyxicephalus edulis Peters, 1854 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pyxicephalus obbianus Calabresi, 1927 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strongylopus fasciatus (Smith, 1849) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg, 1907) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.