Ceratobatrachidae

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 in the family Ranidae, 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
Subfamily Ceratobatrachinae Boulenger, 1884
*Cornufer Tschudi, 1838
*Platymantis Günther, 1858
Subfamily Liuraninae Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
*Liurana Dubois, 1987

Formerly, the following genera were also recognized in the family Ceratobatrachidae, but have now been merged into the genera above.

Batrachylodes Boulenger, 1887
Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927
Ceratobatrachus Boulenger, 1884
Discodeles Boulenger, 1918

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
Palawan: 1 species

;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.