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Subfamily vs Scaphiophrynine - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between subfamily and scaphiophrynine

is that subfamily is (taxonomy) a taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe while scaphiophrynine is (zoology) any of the microhylid frogs in the subfamily scaphiophryninae.

subfamily

English

(wikipedia subfamily)

Noun

(subfamilies)
  • (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe

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    scaphiophrynine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of the microhylid frogs in the subfamily Scaphiophryninae.