Anura Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Archaeobatrachia
Mesobatrachia
Neobatrachia

The 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.

• Suborder Archaeobatrachia - 4 families, 6 genera, 20 species; includes the tailed frog and midwife toad
  • Ascaphidae
  • Bombinatoridae
  • Discoglossidae
  • Leiopelmatidae
• Suborder Mesobatrachia - 6 families, 21 genera, 171 species; includes spadefoot toad, tongueless frogs, Mexican burrowing toad
  • Megophryidae
  • Pelobatidae
  • Pelodytidae
  • Pipidae
  • Rhinophrynidae
  • Scaphiopodidae
• Suborder Neobatrachia - 20 families, 310 genera, 4686 species
  • Brachycephalidae
  • Bufonidae
  • Heleophrynidae
  • Leptodactylidae
  • Myobatrachidae
  • Rhinodermatidae
  • Sooglossidae
  • Nasikabatrachidae
  • Allophrynidae
  • Centrolenidae
  • Hylidae
  • Pseudidae
  • Arthroleptidae
  • Dendrobatidae
  • Hemisotidae
  • Hyperoliidae
  • Mantellidae
  • Microhylidae
  • Ranidae
  • Rhacophoridae

• http://www.livingunderworld.org/anura/database

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