Anura
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The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. Although distinctions can be made between frogs and toads, those distinctions have no scientific status.
Scientific classification
There are around 5,070 species currently recognized in the Anura class. The living Anura are typically divided into three suborders:
- Suborder Archaeobatrachia - 4 families, 6 genera, 28 species; includes the tailed frog and midwife toad
- Suborder Mesobatrachia - 6 families, 20 genera, 168 species; includes spadefoot toad, tongueless frogs, Mexican burrowing toad
- Suborder Neobatrachia - 19 families, 310 genera, 4688 species
See also
External links
- The Global Amphibian Assessment
- Anura database
- The Whole Frog Project ~ (virtual frog dissection and anatomy)
- Disappearance of toads, frogs has some scientists worried San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 1992
- The Lily Pad - Frog information, care, and culture.
- The Froggy Page ~ Frog fun
- Dart Den ~ Dart frog resource and forums
- Xenbase ~ A Xenopus laevis and tropicalis Web Resource
- History and Lore of the Toad
- Birds May Be Behind Exploding German Toads "it appears that a bird pecks into the toad with its beak between the amphibian's chest and abdominal cavity, and the toad puffs itself up as a natural defense mechanism. But, because the liver is missing and there's a hole in the toad's body, the blood vessels and lungs burst and the other organs ooze out"
