The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs. They live in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy
Scientists used to think of Ceratobatrachidae as a subfamily (i.e., Ceratobatrachinae) in the family Ranidae (true frogs), but now they call it a separate family. The following genera are in Ceratobatrachidae: 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)
Some other genera used to be in Ceratobatrachidae, but scientists now think the frogs that used to be in these genera should be in 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 live 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. That means the eggs hatch into small frogs and are never tadpoles.