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All extant (living) amphibians belong to the monophyletic subclass Lissamphibia, with three living orders: Anura (frogs and toads), Urodela (salamanders), and Gymnophiona . Evolved to be mostly semiaquatic , amphibians have adapted to inhabit a wide variety of habitats , with most species living in freshwater , wetland or terrestrial ecosystems ...
1.1 Order Anura. 1.1.1 Suborder Archaeobatrachia. 1.1.2 Suborder Mesobatrachia. ... List of amphibian genera lists the vertebrate class of amphibians by genus, ...
The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.
Class Amphibia: Amphibians. Order Urodela or Caudata (salamanders) Order Anura (frogs and ... Order Rodentia, rodents (rats, squirrels, capybaras and beavers)
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 such morphological features as the number of vertebrae, the ...
From the African tree frog to the tiger salamander, there are thousands of species of amphibians that can be found scattered all over the world. Amazing Amphibians: A 5-Day Unit Plan for Kids Skip ...
All extant (living) amphibians belong to the monophyletic subclass Lissamphibia, with three living orders: Anura (frogs and toads), Urodela (salamanders), and Gymnophiona . Evolved to be mostly semiaquatic , amphibians have adapted to inhabit a wide variety of habitats , with most species living in freshwater , wetland or terrestrial ecosystems ...
Order Ichthyostegalia (primitive ancestral forms, e.g., Ichthyostega—Middle to late Devonian only). Order Temnospondyli (Late Devonian to Cretaceous, e.g., Eryops, possibly ancestral to modern amphibians) Order Anthracosauria (Carboniferous and Permian, e.g., Seymouria, ancestral to early reptiles)