Anura

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Anura
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Suborders
\nArchaeobatrachia \nMesobatrachia \nNeobatrachia\n

\nThe 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. The living Anura are typically divided into three suborders.\n*Archaeobatrachia - 4 families, 6 genera, 20 species; includes the tailed frog and midwife toad\n**Ascaphidae\n**Bombinatoridae\n**Discoglossidae\n**Leiopelmatidae\n*Mesobatrachia - 6 families, 21 genera, 171 species; includes spadefoot toad, tongueless frogs, Mexican burrowing toad\n**Megophryidae\n**Pelobatidae\n**Pelodytidae\n**Pipidae\n**Rhinophrynidae\n**Scaphiopodidae\n*Neobatrachia - 20 families, 310 genera, 4686 species\n**Brachycephalidae\n**Bufonidae\n**Heleophrynidae\n**Leptodactylidae\n**Myobatrachidae\n**Rhinodermatidae\n**Sooglossidae\n**Nasikabatrachidae\n**Allophrynidae\n**Centrolenidae\n**Hylidae\n**Pseudidae\n**Arthroleptidae\n**Dendrobatidae\n**Hemisotidae\n**Hyperoliidae\n**Mantellidae\n**Microhylidae\n**Ranidae\n**Rhacophoridae

External links

\n*http://www.livingunderworld.org/anura/database \n\n\n