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Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference

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  • Class: Amphibia (6771 sp.)
    • Order: Anura (5966 sp.)
      • Family: Allophrynidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Alytidae (12 sp.)
      • Family: Aromobatidae (104 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Allobatinae (46 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Anomaloglossinae (26 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Aromobatinae (31 sp.)
      • Family: Arthroleptidae (140 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Arthroleptinae (89 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Leptopelinae (51 sp.)
      • Family: Bombinatoridae (8 sp.)
      • Family: Brachycephalidae (51 sp.)
      • Family: Brevicipitidae (31 sp.)
      • Family: Bufonidae (558 sp.)
      • Family: Calyptocephalellidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Centrolenidae (146 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Centroleninae (115 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hyalinobatrachiinae (30 sp.)
      • Family: Ceratobatrachidae (85 sp.)
      • Family: Ceratophryidae (86 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Batrachylinae (14 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Ceratophryinae (12 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Telmatobiinae (60 sp.)
      • Family: Ceuthomantidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Craugastoridae (115 sp.)
      • Family: Cycloramphidae (105 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Alsodinae (70 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Cycloramphinae (34 sp.)
      • Family: Dendrobatidae (179 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Colostethinae (61 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dendrobatinae (58 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hyloxalinae (58 sp.)
      • Family: Dicroglossidae (171 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dicroglossinae (149 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Occidozyginae (22 sp.)
      • Family: Eleutherodactylidae (201 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae (194 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phyzelaphryninae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Heleophrynidae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Hemiphractidae (94 sp.)
      • Family: Hemisotidae (9 sp.)
      • Family: Hylidae (901 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hylinae (646 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pelodryadinae (197 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae (58 sp.)
      • Family: Hylodidae (42 sp.)
      • Family: Hyperoliidae (209 sp.)
      • Family: Leiopelmatidae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Leiuperidae (86 sp.)
      • Family: Leptodactylidae (100 sp.)
      • Family: Limnodynastidae (43 sp.)
      • Family: Mantellidae (191 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Boophinae (72 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Laliostominae (4 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Mantellinae (115 sp.)
      • Family: Megophryidae (156 sp.)
      • Family: Micrixalidae (11 sp.)
      • Family: Microhylidae (487 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Asterophryinae (248 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Cophylinae (57 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Dyscophinae (3 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Gastrophryninae (52 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hoplophryninae (3 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Kalophryninae (16 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Melanobatrachinae (1 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Microhylinae (70 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Otophryninae (3 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Phrynomerinae (5 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Scaphiophryninae (10 sp.)
      • Family: Myobatrachidae (85 sp.)
      • Family: Nasikabatrachidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Nyctibatrachidae (17 sp.)
      • Family: Pelobatidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Pelodytidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Petropedetidae (18 sp.)
      • Family: Phrynobatrachidae (82 sp.)
      • Family: Pipidae (33 sp.)
      • Family: Ptychadenidae (53 sp.)
      • Family: Pyxicephalidae (68 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Cacosterninae (63 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae (5 sp.)
      • Family: Ranidae (347 sp.)
      • Family: Ranixalidae (10 sp.)
      • Family: Rhacophoridae (321 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Buergeriinae (4 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Rhacophorinae (317 sp.)
      • Family: Rhinophrynidae (1 sp.)
      • Family: Scaphiopodidae (7 sp.)
      • Family: Sooglossidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Strabomantidae (569 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Holoadeninae (47 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Strabomantinae (522 sp.)
    • Order: Caudata (619 sp.)
      • Family: Ambystomatidae (37 sp.)
      • Family: Amphiumidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Cryptobranchidae (3 sp.)
      • Family: Hynobiidae (55 sp.)
      • Family: Plethodontidae (418 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Bolitoglossinae (283 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae (1 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Plethodontinae (98 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Spelerpinae (36 sp.)
      • Family: Proteidae (6 sp.)
      • Family: Rhyacotritonidae (4 sp.)
      • Family: Salamandridae (89 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Pleurodelinae (71 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Salamandrinae (16 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Salamandrininae (2 sp.)
      • Family: Sirenidae (4 sp.)
    • Order: Gymnophiona (186 sp.)
      • Family: Caeciliidae (125 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Scolecomorphinae (6 sp.)
        • Subfamily: Typhlonectinae (13 sp.)
      • Family: Ichthyophiidae (50 sp.)
      • Family: Rhinatrematidae (11 sp.)

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