Names with citations in year 1856
- Class: Amphibia Gray, 1825
- Synonym: Dipnoa Stannius, 1856
- Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Aglossa Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Anura Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Synonym: Batrachia Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Phaneroglossa Stannius, 1856
- Family: Arthroleptidae
- Family: Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
- Synonym: Systomata Stannius, 1856
- Family: Bufonidae
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Family: Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Synonym: Hyloidea — Stannius, 1856
- Subfamily: Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Synonym: Hyloidea — Stannius, 1856
- Genus: Dendropsophus
- Genus: Hyla
- Genus: Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830
- Synonym: Centrotelma Burmeister, 1856
- Synonym: Hylomedusa Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas albomarginatus (Spix, 1824)
- Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) infulata — Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas albopunctatus (Spix, 1824)
- Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) boans — Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas boans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Synonym: Hyla (Hylomedusa) palmata — Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas crepitans (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
- Synonym: Hyla (Hylomedusa) crepitans — Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas geographicus (Spix, 1824)
- Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) geographica — Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas lundii (Burmeister, 1856)
- Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) Lundii Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas pardalis (Spix, 1824)
- Synonym: Hyla (Lophopus) corticalis Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas prasinus (Burmeister, 1856)
- Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) prasina Burmeister, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas pulchellus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Synonym: Hyla albovittata Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Species: Hypsiboas punctatus (Schneider, 1799)
- Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) punctata — Burmeister, 1856
- Genus: Itapotihyla
- Genus: Phyllodytes
- Genus: Scinax
- Family: Hyperoliidae
- Family: Leptodactylidae
- Family: Microhylidae
- Family: Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850
- Synonym: Pelobatoidea — Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Pelobatoidei — Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Family: Ranidae
- Family: Rhacophoridae
- Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Derotremata Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Menobranchia Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Synonym: Myctodera Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Synonym: Myctodera Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Perennibranchiata Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Trematodera Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Synonym: Urodela Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
- Synonym: Urodela Stannius, 1856
- Family: Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850
- Synonym: Acholotida Stannius, 1856
- Synonym: Ambystomidae Hallowell, 1856
- Genus: Ambystoma
- Family: Plethodontidae
- Family: Proteidae
- Family: Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
- Family: Sirenidae Gray, 1825
- Synonym: Trachystomata Stannius, 1856
- Order: Gymnophiona Müller, 1832
- Synonym: Ophiosoma Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856