| Ghost frog | |
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| Natal ghost frog (Hadromophryne natalensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Heleophrynidae Noble, 1931 |
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| Distribution of Heleophrynidae (in black) | |
Heleophrynidae is a family of frogs, commonly known as ghost frogs.[1] They are thought to be the most basal group in the Neobatrachia.[1][2] The family consists of two genera, Heleophryne and Hadromophryne, with seven species. Ghost frogs live in swift-moving mountain streams in South Africa. The common name of "ghost frogs" may have been coined because of their occurrence in Skeleton Gorge.[3]
- ^ a b "Heleophrynidae Noble, 1931 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Dubois, Alain (July 2005). "Amphibia Mundi. 1.1. An ergotaxonomy of recent amphibians". Alytes. 23 (1/2). Paris: 1–24. ProQuest 1319774213.
- ^ Zweifel, Richard G. (1998). Cogger, H.G.; Zweifel, R.G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.