@article {309, title = {Case 3666: DICROGLOSSIDAE Dubois, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed\ conservation}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {71}, number = {4}, year = {2014}, month = {12}, type = {Case}, abstract = {

The purpose of this application, under Article 81 of the Code, is to conserve the name DICROGLOSSIDAE Dubois, 1987 for a family of frogs. Analysis of the publication where the name DICROGLOSSIDAE was first used (Anderson, 1871) showed that this was an incorrect subsequent spelling of DISCOGLOSSIDAE G{\"u}nther, 1858 and therefore not an available name. This name would have been made available by Dubois (1987) except that Dicroglossus G{\"u}nther, 1860 was then considered a junior subjective synonym of Euphlyctis Fitzinger, 1843 and thus unable to be the type-genus of a new family-group name according to Article 11.7.1.1 of the Code. However, DICROGLOSSIDAE is a widely used family name in the recent taxonomy of amphibians. It includes about 180 species distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. We therefore ask the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to make the name DICROGLOSSINI Dubois, 1987, with the type genus Dicroglossus G{\"u}nther, 1860, available by original designation of Dubois (1987, p. 57); to place the names DICROGLOSSINI Dubois, 1987 and Dicroglossus G{\"u}nther, 1860, on the relevant Official Lists of Names in Zoology; and to place the name {\textquoteleft}DICROGLOSSIDAE Anderson, 1871{\textquoteright}, an incorrect subsequent spelling of DISCOGLOSSIDAE G{\"u}nther, 1858, on the Index of Invalid and Rejected Family-Group Names in Zoology.

}, keywords = {Africa, Amphibia, Anura, Asia, Dicroglossus, Nomenclature, taxonomy, DICROGLOSSIDAE}, author = {Ohler, Annemarie and Amarasinghe, A A Thasun and Andreone, Franco and Bauer, Aaron and Borkin, Leo and Channing, Alan and Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy and Das, Indraneil and Deuti, Kaushik and Fr{\'e}tey, Thierry and Matsui, Masafumi and Nguyen, Truong and Pyron, R Alexander and R{\"o}del, Mark Oliver and Hoinsoude, Gabriel} }