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Anura
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173423

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Order
	Synonym(s):	Rana cordofana (Steindachner, 1867)
	Common Name(s):	crapauds [French]
		Frogs [English]
		grenouilles [French]
		perereca [Portuguese]
		rã [Portuguese]
		sapo [Portuguese]
		Toads [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2009

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
	Phylum	Chordata -- chordates, cordado, cordés
	Subphylum	Vertebrata -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés
	Class	Amphibia -- Amphibians, amphibiens, anfíbio
	Order	Anura -- crapauds, Frogs, grenouilles, perereca, rã, sapo, Toads
		Direct Children:
	Family	Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843
	Family	Aromobatidae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel and Wheeler, 2006
	Family	Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869
	Family	Bombinatoridae Gray, 1825
	Family	Brachycephalidae Günther, 1858 -- Shield Toads
	Family	Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
	Family	Bufonidae Gray, 1825 -- bufonidés, Bufonids, crapauds, Toads
	Family	Calyptocephalellidae Reig, 1960
	Family	Centrolenidae Taylor, 1951 -- Glass Frogs, Leaf Frogs
	Family	Ceratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
	Family	Ceratophryidae Tschudi, 1838
	Family	Craugastoridae Hedges, Duellman and Heinicke, 2008
	Family	Cycloramphidae Bonaparte, 1850
	Family	Dendrobatidae Cope, 1865 -- Dart-poison Frogs, Dendrobatid Frogs, Dendrobatids, Poison Frogs, Poison-dart Frogs
	Family	Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871
	Family	Eleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954
	Family	Heleophrynidae Noble, 1931 -- Ghost Frogs
	Family	Hemiphractidae Peters, 1862
	Family	Hemisotidae Cope, 1867
	Family	Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- Hylid Frogs, hylidés, hylidés arboricoles, Hylids, New World Tree Frogs, Treefrogs
	Family	Hylodidae Günther, 1858
	Family	Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943 -- African Reed Frogs
	Family	Leiopelmatidae Mivart, 1869 -- Leiopelmatids, Ribbed Frogs, Tailed Frogs
	Family	Leiuperidae Bonaparte, 1850
	Family	Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 -- grenouilles néotropicales, Leptodactylid Frogs, Leptodactylids, Neotropical Frogs
	Family	Limnodynastidae Lynch, 1969
	Family	Mantellidae Laurent, 1946
	Family	Megophryidae Bonaparte, 1850
	Family	Micrixalidae Dubois, Ohler and Biju, 2001
	Family	Microhylidae Günther, 1858 -- Microhylid Frogs, Microhylids
	Family	Myobatrachidae Schlegel in Gray, 1850 -- Australian Frogs
	Family	Nasikabatrachidae Biju and Bossuyt, 2003
	Family	Nyctibatrachidae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993
	Family	Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850 -- Archaic Frogs, Pelobatids, Spadefoots
	Family	Pelodytidae Bonaparte, 1850 -- European Spadefoot Toads
	Family	Petropedetidae Noble, 1931
	Family	Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941
	Family	Pipidae Gray, 1825 -- Tongueless Frogs
	Family	Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987
	Family	Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850
	Family	Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 -- Ranid Frogs, Ranids, Riparian Frogs, True Frogs
	Family	Ranixalidae Dubois, 1987
	Family	Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932 -- Old World Tree Frogs
	Family	Rhinophrynidae Günther, 1859 -- Burrowing Toads
	Family	Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865
	Family	Sooglossidae Noble, 1931 -- Seychelle Frogs
	Family	Strabomantidae Hedges, Duellman and Heinicke, 2008

	Order	Anura incertae sedis
		Children with Uncertain Position:
	Species	Phrynocerus testudiniceps Cope, 1862
	Species	Zachaenus roseus Cope, 1890

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Anura

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	crapauds [French], grenouilles [French]

	Source:	CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	perereca [Portuguese], rã [Portuguese], sapo [Portuguese]

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: An online reference, website (version 2.20)
	Acquired:	2001
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2000. Amphibian Species of the World: An online reference. V2.20 (1 September 2000) (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html)
	Reference for:	Anura

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v5.3, database (version 5.3)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2009. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.3 (12 February, 2009). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/ American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Anura

	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Anura

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Anura

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Anura, Frogs

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Anura

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Anura

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Date Generated:
Wed Jan 11 2012 01:00:51 MST


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