Bush frog
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A bush frog belongs to either of two neobatrachia
n lineages, both found in sub-Saharan Africa and one also in Asia:
Neobatrachia
Neobatrachia are a suborder of the Anura, the order of frogs and toads. This suborder is the most advanced and apomorphic of the three anuran orders alive today; hence its name, which literally means "new frogs"...
n lineages, both found in sub-Saharan Africa and one also in Asia:
- HyperoliidaeHyperoliidaeHyperoliidae is a family of small to medium sized, brightly colored, frogs which contains 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...
, a family of sub-Saharan Africa and the Madagascar region, also known as sedge frogs - RhacophoridaeRhacophoridaeRhacophoridae is a family of frog species, which occur in tropical regions of Asia and Africa. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs"...
, a family of the Old World Tropics