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This is a list of amphibians by Family.

Contents 1 Subclass Lissamphibia 1.1 Order Anura - Frogs and Toads 1.2 Order Caudata - Salamanders 1.3 Order Gymnophiona - Caecilian 1.4 Order Urodela 1.5 Sources

Class: Amphibia

[edit] Subclass Lissamphibia

[edit] Order Anura - Frogs and Toads

• Family: Astylosternidae
• Family: Limnodynastidae
• Family: Petropedetidae
• Family: Rheobatrachidae

• Suborder Archaeobatrachia
  • Family Ascaphidae - Tailed frogs
  • Family Bombinatoridae - Fire Belly toads
  • Family Discoglossidae - Painted Frogs or Disc-Tongued frogs
  • Family Leiopelmatidae - New Zealand primitive frogs
• Suborder Mesobatrachia
  • Family Megophryidae - Litter frogs or Short Legged toads
  • Family Pelobatidae - European Spadefoot toads
  • Family Pelodytidae - Parsley frogs
  • Family Pipidae - Tongueless frogs or clawed frogs
    • Subfamily: Dactylethrinae
    • Subfamily: Pipinae
  • Family Rhinophrynidae - Mexican Burrowing Toad
  • Family Scaphiopodidae - American spadefoot toads
• Suborder Neobatrachia
  • Family Allophrynidae
    • Allophryne ruthveni Tukeit Hill Frog
      • Brazil: Rondonia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia(?)
  • Family Arthroleptidae - Screeching frogs or squeakers
  • Family Brachycephalidae - Saddleback toads
  • Family Bufonidae - True toads
  • Family Centrolenidae - Glass frogs
  • Family Dendrobatidae - Poison dart frogs
  • Family Heleophrynidae - Ghost frogs
  • Family Hemisotidae - Shovelnose frogs
  • Family Hylidae - Tree frogs
    • Subfamily: Hemiphractinae
    • Subfamily: Hylinae
    • Subfamily: Pelodryadinae
    • Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae
  • Family Hyperoliidae - Sedge frogs or bush frogs
    • Subfamily: Hyperoliinae
    • Subfamily: Leptopelinae
  • Family Leptodactylidae - Southern frogs or tropical frogs
    • Subfamily: Ceratophryinae
    • Subfamily: Cycloramphinae
    • Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae
    • Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
    • Subfamily: Telmatobiinae
  • Family Mantellidae
    • Subfamily: Boophinae
    • Subfamily: Laliostominae
    • Subfamily: Mantellinae
  • Family Microhylidae - Narrow-mouthed frogs
    • Subfamily: Asterophryinae
    • Subfamily: Brevicipitinae
    • Subfamily: Cophylinae
    • Subfamily: Dyscophinae
    • Subfamily: Genyophryninae
    • Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae
    • Subfamily: Microhylinae
    • Subfamily: Phrynomerinae
    • Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae
  • Family Myobatrachidae - Australian ground frogs
  • Family Nasikabatrachidae - Purple Frog
  • Family Ranidae - True frogs
  • Family Rhacophoridae - Moss frogs
    • Subfamily: Buergeriinae
    • Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
  • Family Rhinodermatidae - Darwin's Frog
  • Family Sooglossidae Seychelles Frog

[edit] Order Caudata - Salamanders

• Suborder Cryptobranchoidea
  • Family Cryptobranchidae - Giant salamanders
  • Family Hynobiidae - Asiatic salamanders
• Suborder Salamandroidea
  • Family Ambystomatidae - Mole salamanders
  • Family Amphiumidae - Amphiumas or Congo eels
  • Family Dicamptodontidae - Pacific giant salamanders
  • Family Plethodontidae - Lungless salamanders
  • Family Proteidae - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs
  • Family Rhyacotritonidae - Torrent salamanders
  • Family Salamandridae - True salamanders and newts
• Suborder Sirenoidea
  • Family Sirenidae - Sirens

[edit] Order Gymnophiona - Caecilian

• • Family Caeciliidae - Common caecilians
    • Subfamily: Caeciliinae
    • Subfamily: Typhlonectinae
  • Family Ichthyophiidae - Fish caecilians
  • Family Rhinatrematidae - Beaked caecilians
  • Family Scolecomorphidae - Tropical caecilians
    • Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri Bornmuller's Caecilian
      • Cameroon: Limbé (Known only from type locality)
    • Crotaphatrema lamottei Mont Oku Caecilian
      • Cameroon: Mount Oku (Known only from type locality)
    • Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis Tschabal Mbabo Caecilian
      • Cameroon: Mount Tschabal Mbabo (Known only from type locality)
  • Family Typhlonectidae - Aquatic caecilians
  • Family Uraeotyphlidae - Indian caecilians
    • Uraeotyphlus interruptus Chengalam Village Caecilian
      • India: Kerala (Known only from type locality)
    • Uraeotyphlus malabaricus Malabar Caecilian
      • India: Kerala
    • Uraeotyphlus menoni Menon's Caecilian
      • India: Kerala
    • Uraeotyphlus narayani Kannan Caecilian
      • India: Kerala
    • Uraeotyphlus oxyurus Red Caecilian
      • India: Kerala

[edit] Order Urodela

• • Family: Ambystomatidae
  • Family: Amphiumidae
  • Family: Cryptobranchidae
  • Family: Dicamptodontidae
  • Family: Hynobiidae
  • Family: Plethodontidae
    • Subfamily: Desmognathinae
    • Subfamily: Plethodontinae
  • Family: Proteidae
  • Family: Rhyacotritonidae
  • Family: Salamandridae
  • Family: Sirenidae

[edit] Sources

Partially based off of

Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.