Table 1.

Chronological account of the taxonomic arrangement of Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991

Author, Year	Family	Subfamily	Genera included
Frost, 1985	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919;
			Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926;
			Arthroleptides Nieden, 1910;
			Cacosternum Boulenger, 1887;
			Dimorphognathus Boulenger, 1906;
			Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926;
			Natalobatrachus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913;
			Nothophryne Poynton, 1963;
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874
			Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862;
			Phrynodon Parker, 1935.
Largen, 1991	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919;
			Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926;
			Arthroleptides, Nieden, 1910;
			Cacosternum Boulenger, 1887;
			Dimorphognathus Boulenger, 1906;
			Ericabatrachus Largen, 1991;
			Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926;
			Natalobatrachus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913;
			Nothophryne Poynton, 1963;
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874;
			Phrynodon Parker, 1935;
			Poyntonia Channing & Boycott, 1989.
Dubois, 2005	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Arthroleptides Nieden, 1910;
			Conraua Nieden, 1908;
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874;
	Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941		Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862;
			Ericabatrachus Largen, 1991.
Scott, 2005	Ranidae Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814	Phrynobatrachinae Laurent, 1941	Natalobatrachus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913;
			Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862;
		Petropedetinae Noble, 1931
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874; > (synonymized Arthroleptides Nieden, 1910);
		Cacosterninae Noble, 1931	Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919;
			Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926;
			Cacosternum Boulenger, 1887;
			Ericabatrachus Largen, 1991;
			Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926;
			Nothophryne Poynton, 1963;
			Poyntonia Channing & Boycott, 1989.
Frost, 2006	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Conraua Nieden, 1908;
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874;
			Indirana Laurent, 1986;
	Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941		Ericabatrachus Largen, 1991;
			Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862;
			(Phrynodon Parker, 1935) * placed in synonymy of Phrynobatrachus.
Roelants et al., 2007	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Conraua Nieden, 1908;
			Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874; > (removal of Indirana Laurent, 1986).
Pyron and Wiens, 2011	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931		Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874;
	Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941		Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862;
	Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850	Cacosterninae	Amietia Dubois, 1987;
			Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919;
			Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926;
			Cacosternum Boulenger, 1887;
			Ericabatrachus Largen, 1991;
			Microbatrachella Hewitt, 1926;
			Natalobatrachus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913;
			Nothophryne Poynton, 1963;
			Poyntonia Channing & Boycott, 1989;
			Strongylopus Tschudi, 1838;
			Tomopterna Duméril and Bibron, 1841;
		Pyxicephalinae	Aubria Boulenger, 1917;
			Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838;
	Conrauidae		Conraua Nieden, 1908.

Text in bold indicates placement of E. baleensis.