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This list of Anuran families shows all extant families of Anura. Anura is an order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. The living anurans are typically divided into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, Mesobatrachia, and Neobatrachia. This classification is based on ...
From a classification perspective, all members of the order Anura are frogs, but only members of the family Bufonidae are considered "true toads". 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 ...
The family of Ranixalidae (leaping frogs) has one genus containing 10 different species. They can be found in central and southern India. They can be found in central and southern India. They typically reside in leaf litter and in tropical deciduous forests , near streams and can be found between 200 m and 1100 m in altitude.
The family Centrolenidae was proposed by Edward H. Taylor in 1945. Between the 1950s and 1970s, most species of glass frogs were known from Central America , particularly from Costa Rica and Panama , where Taylor, Julia F., and Jay M. Savage extensively worked, and just a few species were known to occur in South America .
The little grass frog's call has 2 call components (pure tone followed by a train of pulses) which is unique in Family Hylidae. [13] P. ocularis is often active both day and night and can be active year-round in some parts of their range. [14]
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Pelodryadinae, also known as Australian treefrogs (although not all members are arboreal), is a subfamily of frogs found in the region of Australia and New Guinea, and have also been introduced to New Caledonia, Guam, New Zealand, and Vanuatu.
Just over two years since Sri Lanka's 'Aragalaya' uprising that deposed the nation's president, the movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lead the ...