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Amphibia Linnaeus, 1758
AMPHIBIANS
Life Vertebrata

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Rana vaillanti

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Groups Vertebrata

Indiana

Night

North American Invasives

Kinds
Anura, Frogs
Caudata, Salamanders
Gymnophiona

Index

Checklists
- Frogs & Toads -- World
- Frogs & Toads -- North America
- Frogs & Toads -- Panama
- Salamanders & Newts -- World
- Salamanders & Newts -- North America
- Salamanders & Newts -- Panama
- Caecilians -- World

Identification
Photographs
Phylogeny
Links to other sites

Identification

Frogs & Toads -- North America
Frogs & Toads -- Panama
Salamanders & Newts -- North America

Phylogeny

Scientific Name -- Common Name

Chordata -- chordates

Amphibia -- amphibians
- Anura -- frogs and toads
  - Arthroleptidae -- screeching frogs
  - Ascaphidae -- tailed frogs
  - Brachycephalidae -- gold frogs and shield toads
  - Bufonidae -- true toads
  - Centrolenidae -- glass frogs and leaf frogs
  - Dendrobatidae -- poison dart-frogs
  - Discoglossidae -- fire-bellied toads
  - Heleophrynidae -- ghost frogs
  - Hemisotidae -- shovel-nosed frogs
  - Hylidae -- New World tree frogs
  - Hyperoliidae -- African tree frogs
  - Leiopelmatidae -- New Zealand frogs
  - Leptodactylidae -- neotropical frogs
  - Megophryidae -- South Asian frogs
  - Microhylidae -- microhylid frogs
  - Myobatrachidae -- Australian frogs
  - Pelobatidae -- spadefoot toads
  - Pipidae -- tongueless frogs
  - Pseudidae -- paradox frogs
  - Ranidae -- riparian frogs and true frogs
  - Rhacophoridae -- Old World tree frogs
  - Rhinodermatidae -- Darwin's frogs
  - Rhinophrynidae -- burrowing toad
  - Sooglossidae -- Seychelle frogs
- Caudata -- salamanders, sirens, newts
  - Ambystomatidae -- mole salamanders
  - Amphiumidae -- amphiumas
  - Cryptobranchidae -- giant salamanders and hellbenders
  - Dicamptodontidae -- Pacific giant salamanders
  - Hynobiidae -- Asiatic salamanders
  - Plethodontidae -- lungless salamanders
  - Proteidae -- mudpuppies and waterdogs
  - Rhyacotritonidae -- torrent salamanders
  - Salamandridae -- newts and salamanders
  - Sirenidae -- sirens
- Gymnophiona -- caecilians
  - Caeciliidae -- caecilians
  - Ichthyophiidae -- Asiatic tailed caecilians
  - Rhinatrematidae -- neotropical tailed caecilians
  - Scolecomorphidae -- African caecilians
  - Typhlonectidae -- aquatic caecilians
  - Uraeotyphlidae -- Indian caecilians

Photographs

Calphotos -- over 5,000 images of animals, primarily Californian species
Herp-pix.org -- pictures of Amphibians and Reptiles
Livingunderworld.org -- images of amphibians and their habitats
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center -- pictures, information, and maps of amphibians
Georgia Museum of Natural History -- images of Southeastern reptiles and amphibians

Links to other sites

AmphibiaWeb -- information on all taxonomically recognized amphibians
Center for North American Herpetology
American Museum of Natural History, Department of Herpetology
Partners in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetology Program
ARMI National Atlas for Amphibian Distributions, USGS
North American Checklist -- USGS Northern Prarie Wildlife Research
World Chelonian Trust -- Conservation and Care
Translations of scientific names, Ellin Beltz

Acknowledgements

Andrew Durso, Xavier Glaudas

John Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

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