Names with citations in year 1872
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
- Family: Bombinatoridae
- Family: Bufonidae
- Family: Centrolenidae
- Family: Ceratophryidae
- Family: Craugastoridae
- Family: Cycloramphidae
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Family: Hylidae
- Family: Hylodidae Günther, 1858
- Synonym: Hylodidae — Fatio, 1872
- Family: Hyperoliidae
- Family: Leptodactylidae
- Family: Mantellidae
- Family: Megophryidae
- Family: Microhylidae Günther, 1858
- Family: Odontophrynidae
- Family: Pelobatidae
- Family: Ranidae
- Genus: Amolops
- Genus: Clinotarsus
- Genus: Hylarana
- Genus: Meristogenys
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Genus: Rana
- Species: Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842
- Synonym: Rana oxyrhinus var. striatus Koch, 1872
- Species: Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. acutirostris Fatio, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. cinereus Koch, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. gracilis Koch, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. maximus Koch, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. montanus Koch, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. obtusirostris Fatio, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. typus Koch, 1872
- Synonym: Rana temporaria var. verrucosus Koch, 1872
- Genus: Staurois
- Family: Rhacophoridae
- Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Saurobatrachii Fatio, 1872
- Synonym: Urodelia Fatio, 1872
- Family: Hynobiidae
- Family: Plethodontidae
- Family: Salamandridae
- Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
- Genus: Ichthyosaura
- Genus: Lissotriton
- Genus: Triturus Rafinesque, 1815
- Synonym: Alethotriton Fatio, 1872
- Species: Triturus carnifex (Laurenti, 1768)
- Synonym: Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus platycephalus Fatio, 1872
- Species: Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768)
- Synonym: Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus cuclocephalus Fatio, 1872
- Synonym: Triton (Alethotriton) cristatus — Fatio, 1872
- Synonym: Triton (Alethotriton) marmoratus — Fatio, 1872
- Species: Triturus marmoratus (Latreille, 1800)
- Synonym: Triton (Alethotriton) marmoratus — Fatio, 1872
- Subfamily: Salamandrinae
- Order: Gymnophiona Müller, 1832
- Synonym: Ophiomorpha Fatio, 1872