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Hyperoliidae

The Hyperoliidae, or sedge frogs and bush frogs, are a large family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored frogs which contain more than 250 species in 19 genera. Seventeen genera are native to sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the monotypic genus Tachycnemis occurs on the Seychelles Islands, and the genus Heterixalus is endemic to Madagascar.

Classification
As of mid-2022, there are 17 genera with 224 species, more than half of them in the very species-rich Hyperolius: The genera are divided between three subfamilies, with three genera unplaced. • Subfamily Acanthixalinae Dubois, Ohler & Pyron, 2021 (2 species) • Acanthixalus - African wart frogs (2 species) • Subfamily Hyperoliinae Laurent, 1943 (196 species) • Afrixalus - banana frogs (35 species) • Congolius - Congo frog (1 species) • Cryptothylax - wax frogs (2 species) • Heterixalus - Madagascan reed frogs (11 species) • Hyperolius - African reed frogs (143 species) • Kassinula - clicking frog (1 species) • Morerella - blue-eyed frog (1 species) • Opisthothylax - grey-eyed frog (1 species) • Tachycnemis - Seychelles Islands frog (1 species) • Subfamily Kassininae Laurent, 1972 (23 sp.) • Hylambates - African striped frogs (5 species; formerly Phlyctimantis) • Kassina - running frogs (15 species) • Paracassina - common striped frogs (2 species) • Semnodactylus - Weal's frog (1 species) • Subfamily incertae sedisArlequinus - Mebebque frog (1 species) • Callixalus - African painted frog (1 species) • Chrysobatrachus - Itombwe golden frog (1 species) ==References==
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