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Euphlyctis c. cyanophlyctis (Common Skittering Frog) Euphlyctis c. microspinulata (Spiny Skittering Frog) Euphlyctis c. seistanica (Seistan Skittering Frog) Fejervarya limnocharis (Alpine Cricket Frog or Northern Cricket Frog) Fejervarya syhadrensis (Indus Cricket Frog or Southern Cricket Frog) Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Indus Valley Bullfrog ...
The use of the term frog in common names usually refers to species that are aquatic or semi-aquatic and have smooth, moist skins; the term toad generally refers to species that are terrestrial with dry, warty skins. [2] [3] There are numerous exceptions to this rule.
The temnospondyl Eryops had sturdy limbs to support its body on land Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with limbs and feet specialised for climbing Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a primitive salamander The bright colours of the common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) are typical of a toxic species Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) can parachute to ...
Image credits: ghgjgmhngbfghc There are over 7,000 frog and toad species on planet Earth, and they have been around for more than 200 million years, at least as long as the dinosaurs!. The world's ...
The archaeobatrachians are the most primitive of frogs. These frogs have morphological characteristics which are found mostly in extinct frogs, and are absent in most of the modern frog species. Most of these characteristics are not common between all the families of Archaeobatrachia, or are not absent from all the modern species of frogs.
True frogs is the common name for the frog family Ranidae. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica.
Some 50 to 100 extant species are now placed in this genus by various authors; many other species formerly placed in Rana are now placed elsewhere. Frost [3] restricted Rana to the Old World true frogs and the Eurasian brown and pond frogs of the common frog R. temporaria group, [4] although other authors disagreed with this arrangement.
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