Families
| Archaeobatrachia - 4 families, 6 genera, 27 species | ||||
| Family | Genera | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascaphidae |
1 | Tailed frogs | Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) | |
| Bombinatoridae |
2 | Fire-belly toads | European Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina bombina) | |
| Discoglossidae |
2 | Painted frogs or Disc-Tongued frogs | Iberian or Portuguese Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi) | |
| Leiopelmatidae |
1 | New Zealand primitive frogs | Hochstetters frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) | |
| Mesobatrachia - 6 families, 21 genera, 168 species | ||||
| Family | Genera | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Megophryidae |
11 | Litter frogs or short-legged toads | Long-nosed Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) | |
| Pelobatidae |
1 | European spadefoot toads | Common Spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) | |
| Pelodytidae |
1 | Parsley frogs | Common Parsley Frog (Pelodytes punctatus) | |
| Pipidae |
5 | Tongueless frogs or clawed frogs | African Dwarf Frog (Hymenochirus boettgeri) | |
| Rhinophrynidae |
1 | Mexican Burrowing Toad | Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) | |
| Scaphiopodidae |
2 | American spadefoot toads | Western Spadefoot Toad (Spea hammondii) | |
| Neobatrachia - 21 families, more than 5,000 species | ||||
| Family | Genera | Common Names | Example Species | Example Photo |
| Allophrynidae |
1 | Tukeit Hill Frog | Tukeit Hill Frog (Allophryne ruthveni) | - |
| Amphignathodontidae |
2 | Marsupial Frogs | Marsupial Frog (Gastrotheca excubitor) | |
| Arthroleptidae |
8 | Screeching frogs or squeakers | Tanzanian Screeching Frog (Arthroleptis tanneri) | - |
| Brachycephalidae |
1 | Saddleback toads | Brazilian Gold Frog (Brachycephalus didactylus) | - |
| Bufonidae |
35 | True toads | Common Toad (Bufo bufo) | |
| Centrolenidae |
3 | Glass frogs | Bare-hearted Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum) | |
| Dendrobatidae |
9 | Poison dart frogs | Yellow-banded Poison Dart (Dendrobates leucomelas) | |
| Heleophrynidae |
1 | Ghost frogs | Natal Ghost Frog (Heleophryne natalensis) | - |
| Hemisotidae |
1 | Shovelnose frogs | Mottled Shovelnose Frogs (Hemisus marmoratus) | - |
| Hylidae |
42 | Tree frogs | White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) | |
| Hyperoliidae |
20 | Sedge frogs or bush frogs | Big-eyed Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus) | |
| Leptodactylidae |
49 | Southern frogs or tropical frogs | Cliff Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus marnockii) | |
| Mantellidae |
5 | - | Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) | |
| Microhylidae |
69 | Narrow-mouthed frogs | Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus) | |
| Myobatrachidae |
20 | Australian ground frogs | Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) | |
| Ranidae |
52 | True frogs | American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) | |
| Rhacophoridae |
9 | Moss frogs | Malabar Flying Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) | |
| Rhinodermatidae |
1 | Darwin's frogs | Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) | |
| Sooglossidae |
2 | Seychelles frogs | Gardiner's Seychelles Frog (Sooglossus gardineri) | - |
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