Anura (redirected from Anurans)

A`nu´ra    (å`nū´rå)

n. pl.

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(Zool.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

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Noun

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Anura - frogs, toads, tree toads Batrachia, order Anura, order Batrachia, order Salientia, Salientia animal order - the order of animals amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians family Ranidae, Ranidae - a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae - New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae family Polypedatidae, Polypedatidae - Old World tree frogs Ascaphidae, family Ascaphidae - family of one species of frog: tailed frog family Leiopelmatidae, family Liopelmidae, Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae - primitive New Zealand frogs Bufonidae, family Bufonidae - true toads Discoglossidae, family Discoglossidae - family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toads family Hylidae, Hylidae - the amphibian family of tree frogs Brevicipitidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Microhylidae, Microhylidae - narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide family Pipidae, Pipidae - tongueless frogs