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Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

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  • Class: Amphibia (7044 sp.)
    • Order: Anura (6200 sp.)
      • Family: Allophrynidae (2 sp.)
      • Family: Alsodidae (30 sp.)
      • Family: Alytidae (12 sp.)
      • Family: Ascaphidae (2 sp.)
      • Family: Aromobatidae (115 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Allobatinae (46 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Anomaloglossinae (31 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Aromobatinae (37 sp.)
      • Family: Arthroleptidae (144 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Arthroleptinae (63 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Astylosterninae (30 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Leptopelinae (51 sp.)
      • Family: Batrachylidae (14 sp.)
      • Family: Bombinatoridae (8 sp.)
      • Family: Brachycephalidae (52 sp.)
      • Family: Brevicipitidae (33 sp.)
      • Family: Bufonidae (571 sp.)
      • Family: Calyptocephalellidae (5 sp.)
      • Family: Centrolenidae (149 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Centroleninae (118 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hyalinobatrachiinae (30 sp.)
      • Family: Ceratobatrachidae (85 sp.)
      • Family: Ceratophryidae (12 sp.)
      • Family: Ceuthomantidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Conrauidae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Craugastoridae (713 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Craugastorinae (115 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Holoadeninae (48 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pristimantinae (509 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Strabomantinae (22 sp.)
      • Family: Cycloramphidae (40 sp.)
      • Family: Dendrobatidae (177 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Colostethinae (62 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dendrobatinae (54 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hyloxalinae (59 sp.)
      • Family: Dicroglossidae (181 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dicroglossinae (157 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Occidozyginae (24 sp.)
      • Family: Eleutherodactylidae (205 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae (197 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phyzelaphryninae (8 sp.)
      • Family: Heleophrynidae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Hemiphractidae (100 sp.)
      • Family: Hemisotidae (9 sp.)
      • Family: Hylidae (926 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hylinae (667 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pelodryadinae (201 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae (58 sp.)
      • Family: Hylodidae (42 sp.)
      • Family: Hyperoliidae (210 sp.)
      • Family: Leiopelmatidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Leptodactylidae (189 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Leiuperinae (88 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Leptodactylinae (94 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Paratelmatobiinae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Limnodynastidae (43 sp.)
      • Family: Mantellidae (204 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Boophinae (75 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Laliostominae (4 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Mantellinae (125 sp.)
      • Family: Megophryidae (171 sp.)
      • Family: Micrixalidae (11 sp.)
      • Family: Microhylidae (519 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Asterophryinae (274 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Cophylinae (59 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dyscophinae (3 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Gastrophryninae (54 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hoplophryninae (3 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Kalophryninae (19 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae (1 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Microhylinae (71 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Otophryninae (6 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phrynomerinae (5 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae (10 sp.)
      • Family: Myobatrachidae (88 sp.)
      • Family: Nasikabatrachidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Nyctibatrachidae (28 sp.)
      • Family: Odontophrynidae (40 sp.)
      • Family: Pelobatidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Pelodytidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Petropedetidae (12 sp.)
      • Family: Phrynobatrachidae (85 sp.)
      • Family: Pipidae (33 sp.)
      • Family: Ptychadenidae (53 sp.)
      • Family: Pyxicephalidae (72 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Cacosterninae (66 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Ranidae (355 sp.)
      • Family: Ranixalidae (10 sp.)
      • Family: Rhacophoridae (345 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Buergeriinae (4 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Rhacophorinae (341 sp.)
      • Family: Rhinodermatidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Rhinophrynidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Scaphiopodidae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Sooglossidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Telmatobiidae (61 sp.)
    • Order: Caudata (652 sp.)
      • Family: Ambystomatidae (37 sp.)
      • Family: Amphiumidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Cryptobranchidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Hynobiidae (59 sp.)
      • Family: Plethodontidae (433 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae (335 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Plethodontinae (98 sp.)
      • Family: Proteidae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Rhyacotritonidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Salamandridae (103 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pleurodelinae (82 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Salamandrinae (19 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Salamandrininae (2 sp.)
      • Family: Sirenidae (4 sp.)
    • Order: Gymnophiona (192 sp.)
      • Family: Caeciliidae (42 sp.)
      • Family: Chikilidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Dermophiidae (14 sp.)
      • Family: Herpelidae (9 sp.)
      • Family: Ichthyophiidae (53 sp.)
      • Family: Indotyphlidae (21 sp.)
      • Family: Rhinatrematidae (11 sp.)
      • Family: Scolecomorphidae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Siphonopidae (22 sp.)
      • Family: Typhlonectidae (13 sp.)

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