# Aubria

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"Fishing frog" redirects here. For the marine fish, see [Fishing-frog](/source/Fishing-frog).

***Aubria*** is a small [genus](/source/Genus) of [frogs](/source/Frog), with two (possibly three[1]) known [species](/source/Species). All members of this genus are found in [West Africa](/source/West_Africa). Their common name is **ball frogs** or **fishing frogs**.[2]

## Etymology

The genus name *Aubria* is in honour of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte, a French colonial administrator and amateur naturalist.[3]

## Species

The recognized species are:[2]

- *[Aubria masako](/source/Aubria_masako)* (Ohler & Kazadi, 1990) - Masako fishing frog
- *[Aubria subsigillata](/source/Aubria_subsigillata)* (Duméril, 1856) - brown ball frog

The status of *A. occidentalis* is disputed; following the [Amphibian Species of the World](/source/Amphibian_Species_of_the_World)[4] it is here treated as a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of *A. subsigillata*.

## References

1. ["Pyxicephalidae"](http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Pyxicephalidae.shtml). *AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]*. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). ["*Aubria* Boulenger, 1917"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Pyxicephalidae/Pyxicephalinae/Aubria). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

1. Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). [*The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13). Pelagic Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). ["*Aubria subsigillata* (Duméril, 1856)"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Pyxicephalidae/Pyxicephalinae/Aubria/Aubria-subsigillata). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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