Tree Frog   35-V
TETRAPODA
Anura
 
 
Tree Frog in Kansas



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Tetrapoda
  2. Classification of Tetrapoda
  3. Gymnophiona
  4. Caudata
  5. Anura
  6. Paleo Tetrapoda

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The order Anura contains the frogs and toads.

  • Archaebatrachia
  • Pelobatoidea
  • Pipoidea
  • Neobatrachia
    • Hyloidea
    • Microhyloidea
    • Myobatrachoidea
    • Ranoidea
    • Sooglossoidea

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ARCHAEBATRACHIA  

Archaebatrachia is an informal term used to group together four of the families of frogs and toads that do not fit into another superfamily.

  • FAMILY ALYTIDAE
    • Mallorcan Midwife Toad (Alytes muletensis) - EOL
  • FAMILY ASCAPHIDAE
    • Coastal Tailed-Frog (Ascaphus truei) - EOL - Olympic NP, SCZ
  • FAMILY BOMBINATORIDAE
    • Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis) - EOL - SCZ
  • FAMILY LEIOPELMATIDAE
    • New Zealand Frogs - EOL
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PELOBATOIDEA  

The superfamily Pelobatoidea...

  • FAMILY MEGOPHRYIDAE
    • Spadefoot Toads (Megophrys) - EOL - San Diego Zoo, San Antonio Zoo
  • FAMILY PELOBATIDAE
    • Plains Spadefoot Toad (Spea bombifrons) - EOL - Kansas
    • Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii) - EOL - Great Smoky Mtns. NP, Everglades
  • FAMILY PELODYTIDAE
    • Parsley Frogs - EOL
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PIPOIDEA  

The superfamily Pipoidea...

  • FAMILY PIPIDAE
    • Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) - EOL - SCZ, Omaha Zoo
    • Dwarf Surinam Toad (Pipa parva) - EOL - SCZ
    • Clawed Frog (Xenopus clivii) - EOL - SCZ
  • FAMILY RHINOPHRYNIDAE
    • Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) - EOL - Central America
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HYLOIDEA  

The superfamily Hyloidea...

  • ALLOCENTROLENIAE
    • FAMILY ALLOPHRYNIDAE
    • FAMILY CENTROLENIDAE
      • Glass & Leaf Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY ALSODIDAE
  • FAMILY BATRACHYLIDAE
  • FAMILY BRACHYCEPHALIDAE
    • Gold Frogs and Shield Toads - EOL
  • FAMILY BUFONIDAE - TOADS
    • North American Toads (Anaxyrus spp.) - EOL
    • Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus) - EOL - SCZ
    • Colorado River Toad (Bufo alvarius) - EOL - Omaha Zoo, SCZ, Sonoran Desert
    • American Toad (Bufo americanus) - EOL - Kansas
    • Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus) - EOL - SCZ
    • Green Toad (Bufo debilis) - EOL - Kansas
    • Giant Marine Toad (Bufo marinus) - EOL - SCZ
    • Red-Spotted Toad (Bufo punctatus) - EOL - Kansas
    • Woodhouse's Toad (Bufo woodhousii) - EOL - SCZ
    • Evergreen Toad (Incilius coniferus) - EOL - SCZ
    • Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Peltophryne lemur) - EOL - SCZ
  • FAMILY CERATOPHRYIDAE
    • Chacoan Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) - EOL - SCZ
    • Budgett's Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis) - EOL - Baltimore Aquarium
  • FAMILY CEUTHOMANTIDAE
  • FAMILY CRAUGASTORIDAE
  • FAMILY CYCLORAMPHIDAE
    • Darwin's Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY DENDROBATIDAE - POISON-DART FROGS
    • Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) - EOL - SCZ, Peru
  • FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE - FREE-TOED FROGS
    • Rio Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides) - EOL - Texas Rio Grande
  • FAMILY HELEOPHRYNIDAE
    • Ghost Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY HEMIPHRACTIDAE
  • FAMILY HYLIDAE - NEW WORLD TREE FROGS
    • Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) - NOAH EOL IUCN Map - Clinton Lake, Kansas
    • Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) - NOAH EOL
    • Tree Frogs (Hyla spp.) - EOL - Everglades
    • Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) - EOL - Kansas
    • Canyon Tree Frog (Hyla arenicolor) - EOL - SCZ
    • Hourglass Tree Frog (Hyla ebraccata) - EOL - SCZ
    • Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla regilla) - EOL - Olympic NP
    • Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) - NOAH EOL IUCN Map - Fitch Nature Presere, Kansas
    • Lemur Tree Frog (Hylomantis lemur) - EOL - SCZ
    • White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) - EOL - SCZ
    • Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) - EOL - SCZ
    • Mexican Leaf Frog (Pachymedusa dacnicolor) - EOL - SCZ
    • Argentine Waxy Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa sp.) - NOAH EOL - SCZ
    • Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) - EOL - Shedd
    • Spotted Chorus Frog (Pseudacris clarkii) - EOL - Kansas
    • Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) - EOL - Kansas
    • Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata) - EOL - Kansas
    • Little Grass Frog (Pseudacris ocularis) - EOL - Everglades
    • Strecker's Chorus Frog (Pseudacris streckeri) - EOL - Kansas
    • Paradoxical Frog (Pseudis paradoxa) - EOL - Oklahoma Zoo
  • FAMILY HYLODIDAE
  • FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE - NEOTROPICAL THIN-TOED FROGS
    • Horned Frog (Ceratophrys) - EOL - SCZ, Baltimore Aquarium
    • Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) - EOL - SCZ
  • FAMILY RHEOBATRACHIDAE
  • FAMILY RHINODERMATIDAE
  • FAMILY STRABOMANTIDAE
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MICROHYLOIDEA  

The superfamily Microhyloidea...

  • FAMILY ARTHROLEPTIDAE
    • Screeching Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY BREVICIPITIDAE
  • FAMILY HEMISOTIDAE
    • Shovel-Nosed Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY HYPEROLIIDAE
    • Whitebelly Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) - EOL - San Diego Zoo
  • FAMILY MICROHYLIDAE - MICROHYLID FROGS
    • Sambava Tomato Frog (Dyscophus guineti) - EOL - SCZ
    • Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis) - EOL - Okefenokee, Kansas
    • Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) - EOL - Kansas
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MYOBATRACHOIDEA  

The superfamily Myobatrachoidea...

  • FAMILY CALYPTOCEPHALELLIDAE
  • FAMILY MYOBATRACHIDAE
    • Australian Frogs - EOL
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RANOIDEA  

The superfamily Ranoidea...

  • FAMILY CERATOBATRACHIDAE
    • Solomon Islands Leaf Frog (Ceratobatrachus guentheri) - EOL - Omaha Zoo
  • FAMILY DICROGLOSSIDAE
  • FAMILY MANTELLIDAE
    • Tree Frogs (Mantella spp.) - EOL - San Diego Zoo
    • Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) - EOL - SCZ
    • Betsileo Mantella (Mantella betsileo) - EOL - SCZ
    • Ebenaui Mantella (Mantella ebenaui) - EOL - SCZ
  • FAMILY MICRIXALIDAE
    • Indian Dancing Frogs - EOL
  • FAMILY NYCTIBATRACHIDAE
  • FAMILY PETROPEDETIDAE
  • FAMILY PHRYNOBATRACHIDAE
  • FAMILY PTYCHADENIDAE
  • FAMILY PYXICEPHALIDAE
  • FAMILY RANIDAE - RIPARIAN FROGS
    • Crawfish Frog (Rana areolata) - EOL - Kansas
    • Plains Leopard Frog (Rana blairi) - EOL - Kansas
    • Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) - EOL - Kansas
    • Green Frog (Rana clamitans) - EOL - Kansas
    • Pig Frog (Rana grylio) - EOL - Everglades
    • Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens) - EOL - Kansas
    • Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala) - EOL - Kansas, Everglades
  • FAMILY RANIXALIDAE
  • FAMILY RHACOPHORIDAE
    • Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale) - EOL - SCZ
    • Taylor's Bug-Eyed Frog (Theloderma stellatum) - EOL - SCZ
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SOOGLOSSOIDEA  

The superfamily Sooglossoidea...

  • FAMILY NASIKABATRACHIDAE
  • FAMILY SOOGLOSSIDAE
    • Seychelles Frogs - EOL
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