Brevicipitidae
Brevicipitidae or rain frogs is a small family of frogs found in eastern and southern Africa. As of November 2013 contains 37 species in 5 genera. Formerly included as subfamily in Microhylidae (narrow-mouth frogs), phylogenetic research has indicated the brevicipitine frogs should be considered as a family with Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs) as the most closely related sister taxon. Most adult brevicipitine frogs are not easily seen as they spend extended periods of time in soil or leaf litter. However, some species might be partly arboreal at times. Many species show strong sexual size dimorphism, with females being much  larger than males. At least the frogs in "Breviceps" and "Probreviceps" genera breed by direct development, in which small froglets emerge from eggs without intervening aquatic tadpole phase. It is likely that the same applies to the other genera, too. Because male "Breviceps" frogs are smaller than their female counterparts, amplexus is not possible; however mating pairs "glue" themselves together using excretions from hologrine glands on the ventrum of the male and similar glands on the dorsum of the back of the female. The frogs lay small clutches of 13–56 fairly large eggs (4–8 mm diameter not including the protective  capsule) in cover, often in burrows. With some species either male or female stays with eggs or close to the egg chamber, though the details and extent of brood care is poorly understood within Brevicipitidae as a whole.