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Taxonomy overview


Kingdom - Animalia
  

Phylum - Chordata    
Subphylum - Vertebrata      
Superclass - Gnathostomata        
Class - Amphibia          
Subclass - Lissamphibia            
Superorder - Salientia              
Order - Anura                
Suborder -                   
Family -                     
SubFamily -                       
Genus -                         
Species -

* Suborder Archaeobatrachia
          * Family Alytidae - Painted Frogs or Disc-Tongued frogs, 12 species
          * Family Bombinatoridae - Fire Belly toads, 8 species
          * Family Leiopelmatidae - New Zealand primitive frogs, 6 species
 * Suborder Mesobatrachia
          * Family Megophryidae - Litter frogs or Short Legged toads, 137 species
          * Family Pelobatidae - European Spadefoot toads, 4 species
          * Family Pelodytidae - Parsley frogs, 3 species
          * Family Pipidae - Tongueless frogs or clawed frogs, 32 species
          * Family Rhinophrynidae - Mexican Burrowing Toad, 1 species
          * Family Scaphiopodidae - American spadefoot toads, 7 species
 *Suborder Neobatrachia
      * Family Aromobatidae - 95 species
          o Subfamily: Allobatinae, 44 species
          o Subfamily: Anomaloglossinae, 23 species.
          o Subfamily: Aromobatinae, 27 species.
    * Family Arthroleptidae - Screeching frogs or squeakers, 132 species
          o Subfamily: Arthroleptinae, 59 species
          o subfamily: Astylosterninae, 28 species
          o Subfamily: Leptopelinae, 52 species
          o Subfamily: Unknown, 1 species
    * Family Brachycephalidae - Saddleback toads, 41 species.
    * Family Brevicipitidae - 26 species
    * Family Bufonidae - True toads, 528 species
    * Family Calyptocephalellidae - 4 species
    * Family Centrolenidae - Glass frogs, 148 species
          o Subfamily: Allophryninae, 1 species
          o Subfamily: Centroleninae, 147 species
    * Family: Ceratobatrachidae, 82 species
    * Family Ceratophryidae - 85 species
          o Subfamily: Batrachylinae, 14 species
          o Subfamily: Ceratophryinae, 12 species.
          o Subfamily: Telmatobiinae, 59 species
    * Family Craugastoridae - 114 species
    * Family Cycloramphidae - 102 species
          o Subfamily: Alsodinae, 67 species
          o Subfamily: Cycloramphinae, 34 species.
    * Family Dendrobatidae - Poison dart frogs, 169 species
          o Subfamily: Colostethinae, 55 species
          o Subfamily: Dendrobatinae, 55 species
          o Subfamily: Hyloxalinae, 57 species
    * Family: Dicroglossidae, 164 species
          o Subfamily: Dicroglossinae, 142 species
          o Subfamily: Occidozyginae, 22 species
    * Family Eleutherodactylidae - 200 species
          o Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae, 193 species
          o Subfamily: Phyzelaphryninae, 7 species
    * Family Heleophrynidae - Ghost frogs, 6 species
    * Family Hemiphractidae - 92 species
    * Family Hemisotidae - Shovelnose frogs, 9 species
    * Family Hylidae - Tree frogs, 869 species
          o Subfamily: Hylinae, 629 species
          o Subfamily: Pelodryadinae, 189 species
          o Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae, 60 species
    * Family Hylodidae - 41 species
    * Family Hyperoliidae - Sedge frogs or bush frogs, 208 species
    * Family: Leiuperidae, 79 species
    * Family Leptodactylidae - Southern frogs or tropical frogs, 97 species.
    * Family Mantellidae, 174 species
          o Subfamily: Boophinae, 58 species
          o Subfamily: Laliostominae, 4 species
          o Subfamily: Mantellinae, 112 species
    * Family Micrixalidae - 11 species
    * Family Microhylidae - Narrow-mouthed frogs, 436 species
          o Subfamily: Asterophryinae, 222 species.
          o Subfamily: Cophylinae, 45 species
          o Subfamily: Dyscophinae, 3 species
          o Subfamily: Gastrophryninae, 43 species
          o Subfamily: Hoplophryninae, 3 species
          o Subfamily: Kalophryninae, 14 species
          o Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae, 1 species
          o Subfamily: Microhylinae, 69 species
          o Subfamily: Otophryninae, 3 species
          o Subfamily: Phrynomerinae, 5 species
          o Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae, 10 species
    * Family Myobatrachidae - Australian ground frogs, 84 species   
    * Family Nasikabatrachidae - 1 species
    * Family Nyctibatrachidae - 16 species
    * Family: Petropedetidae, 16 species
    * Family Phrynobatrachidae - 76 species
    * Family Ptychadenidae - 53 species
    * Family Pyxicephalidae - 66 species
          o Subfamily: Cacosterninae, 61 species
          o Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae, 5 species
    * Family Ranidae - True frogs, 338 species
    * Family Ranixalidae - 10 species
    * Family Rhacophoridae - old world tree frogs, 297 species
          o Subfamily: Buergeriinae, 5 species
          o Subfamily: Rhacophorinae, 292 species
    * Family Sooglossidae Seychelles Frog, 5 species.
    * Family Strabomantidae Seychelles Frog, 552 species.
          o Subfamily: Holoadeninae, 40 species
          o Subfamily: Strabomantinae, 512 species

Total 5679 species
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