amphibian family

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amphibian family - any family of amphibians Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals family Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamanders Ambystomatidae, family Ambystomatidae - New World salamanders Cryptobranchidae, family Cryptobranchidae - large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders Dicamptodontidae, family Dicamptodontidae - large and small highly aquatic salamanders family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae - small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults Amphiumidae, family Amphiumidae - congo snakes family Sirenidae, Sirenidae - sirens 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 family Xenopodidae, Xenopodidae - in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae - coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"